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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. Citizens armed with clubs and what attacked the Weedpatch Camp one night, trying to frighten the Okies away in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?

2. What was the name of the principal of the Weedpatch School?

3. The kids at the Weedpatch School were given what responsibility?

4. The hot summer before the school was to open, the Okie kids spent morning to night where?

5. What disease had Leo Hart contracted during his military service?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the community reaction when Mr. Hart decided to create a school for the Okie children?

3. How did Leo Hart go about helping the Okie children? What office did he run for?

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

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 incidents of vandalism thwarted the Weedpatch School?

8. What donations did Leo Hart acquire for the Weedpatch School? From whom?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the rising hostility toward the Okies of Kern County following Leo Hart's appointment as superintendent. What were "Burn Brigades" and how were they organized?

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