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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. Mr. Hart determined that Okie children were essentially what?

2. How many children were initially enrolled in the Weedpatch School?

3. The two dilapidated buildings on the land where the Weedpatch School was to be built were formerly what?

4. What did Doyle Powers make on his math test in order to get a special reward in Chapter Eight: Our School?

5. What were the federal buildings renovated into for the Weedpatch School?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the buildings renovated into for the Weedpatch School?

2. How many children initially enrolled in the Weedpatch School? Who did Hart seek to teach there?

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

4. Who built the Weedpatch School? How?

5. What nontraditional responsibilities were the children of the Weedpatch School given?

6. What did the Okie parents think of the transformation of their children at the Weedpatch School? Why?

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

8. What incidents of vandalism thwarted the Weedpatch School?

9. What resistance did Hart meet with the Kern County community? What did the citizens think of Mr. Hart?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How many farmers lost their land between 1935 and 1940? How many families left the Dust Bowl during this period? Where did they go?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the disease and health problems which the Okies suffered following their migration west. What food did the Okies survive on? How did this cause health issues?

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