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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The kids with what percentage or better averages were occasionally taken on field trips organized by their teachers?

2. At the Weedpatch School, often kids would miss weeks of school because their parents had what?

3. What did vandals do to the original buildings at the Weedpatch School?

4. What were the mobs referred to as which attempted to scare away the Okies after Mr. Hart's election?

5. By May, 1941, the students at the Weedpatch School were separated into how many main groups?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story is related of Joyce Foster at the Weedpatch School?

2. Who headed a mob which attacked the Weedpatch Camp in Chapter 5: Mr. Hart? Why?

3. What did the Weedpatch School look like after one year? How much did the student body grow?

4. What incidents of vandalism thwarted the Weedpatch School?

5. What made progress slow with the Okie children of the Weedpatch School? How did the teachers cope?

6. When did Leo Hart first meet with the students and teachers of the Weedpatch School? Where?

7. What rewards were offered the children at the Weedpatch School who excelled academically?

8. What challenges did the Okie children of the Weedpatch School face in their education?

9. What practical skills were taught alongside traditional academia to the children at the Weedpatch School?

10. What are examples of the generosity of the administration and faculty at the Weedpatch School?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of prejudice and how it affected the mentality of the Okie people. What other groups have been oppressed in the United States? What impact did each occurrence have on the greater population?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Leo Hart's establishment of the Weedpatch School. What legal matters did Hart have to attend in order to make Weedpatch a possibility? Who did he turn to for help?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the region of the Tehachapi Mountains and the San Joaquin Valley. What cities did the Okies head to once arriving in California? What did they find there?

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