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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. What did the Okie children refer to the dust storms they'd escaped from when telling about them in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?

2. Who was hired as a music teacher and when he received a check for a year of services, he donated it back to the school?

3. Incidents of vandalism against the Okies' school included what dead animals left where the kids would find them?

4. What did Leo Hart study in college after his military service?

5. In what war had Leo Hart recently served upon meeting the Okie children?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What incidents of vandalism thwarted the Weedpatch School?

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

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

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

8. What had led to Leo Hart's obtaining an education degree? How was he injured from the war?

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

10. How did Leo Hart come to meet the children of the Weedpatch Camp? What did he learn from them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the federal programs installed during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency in hopes of reestablishing the economy after the Great Depression. What programs were instilled to assist the migrant Okie population?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Mother Road, and the hazards that the Okie families faced during this route. What protection did the Okies have from climate elements? What floods were encountered along the way?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the prejudice and segregation faced by the Okies in California. What was the reaction of the local communities to the influx of Okies in the region? Why?

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