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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine: Sunset School and Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The hot summer before the school was to open, the Okie kids spent morning to night where?
(a) The canning factory.
(b) The industry mill.
(c) The corn fields.
(d) The cotton fields.

2. By May, 1941, the student body population at the Weedpatch School had increased to nearly how many students?
(a) 200.
(b) 300.
(c) 150.
(d) 100.

3. What office did Leo Hart decide to run for in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) Sacramento County Superintendent of Education.
(b) Kern County Principal.
(c) Kern County Superintendent of Education.
(d) Mendocino County Sheriff.

4. What was the second northern Texas town passed by the Okies as they headed west?
(a) Amarillo.
(b) Longhorn.
(c) Shamrock.
(d) Dallas.

5. Mr. Hart determined that Okie children were essentially what?
(a) Extraordinary.
(b) Slow.
(c) Handicapped.
(d) Ordinary.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members were in Rosalene Long's family?

2. What book was banned from Kern County, California, in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?

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

4. What popular Jack Bryant song did the Okie families sing as they made their way west?

5. After the arrival of the Okies, cotton pickers in California were paid how much per hour?

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