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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. How did Okie parents feel about the transformation of their children at the Weedpatch School?

2. In what year did Leo Hart meet with the teachers he had hired and the kids who would be the first students at the new Weedpatch School?

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

4. What organs had Leo Hart lost to his disease after his military service?

5. How long did the new building at the Weedpatch School take to build?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who built the Weedpatch School? How?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What were some of the obstacles facing Leo Hart in his attempts to help the Okie children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the lives of the Okies in the Okievilles versus their situation in the Weedpatch and other federally funded camps. How much did it cost a family to stay at a migrant camp? What was life on the camp like?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the effects of the Great Depression on the farmers of the Oklahoma Panhandle. What impact did banking and stocks have on the farmers?

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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