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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book was banned from Kern County, California, in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) A Secret Rapture.
(c) The Great Gatsby.
(d) The Grapes of Wrath.

2. Who taught History and Math at the Weedpatch School?
(a) Jim McPherson.
(b) Jesse Anderson.
(c) Andrew McWilliams.
(d) Mark Allen White.

3. Citizens armed with clubs and what attacked the Weedpatch Camp one night, trying to frighten the Okies away in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?
(a) Pitchforks.
(b) Torches.
(c) Guns.
(d) Rocks.

4. Incidents of vandalism against the Okies' school included what dead animals left where the kids would find them?
(a) Horses.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Birds.
(d) Cats.

5. What were the federal buildings renovated into for the Weedpatch School?
(a) Dormitories.
(b) Cafeterias.
(c) Stables.
(d) Classrooms.

6. On the first day of work on the Weedpatch School, the kids built what?
(a) A fort.
(b) A trench.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A fish pond.

7. What did vandals do to the original buildings at the Weedpatch School?
(a) Set fire to them.
(b) Painted them.
(c) Flooded them.
(d) Egged them.

8. How old was Leo Hart when he got in the habit of stopping by Weedpatch Camp to play ball with the Okie kids and talk to them?
(a) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 45.

9. Many items for the Weedpatch School were donated by whom?
(a) The federal government.
(b) The state government.
(c) NATO.
(d) The community.

10. Who bought an airplane from a military surplus facility for the Weedpatch School?
(a) Pete Bancroft.
(b) Jim McPherson.
(c) Andrew McWilliams.
(d) Mark Allen White.

11. 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?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1930.

12. Where did Leo Hart enroll in college after his military service?
(a) University of California.
(b) University of New York.
(c) University of Arkansas.
(d) University of Arizona.

13. Who at the Weedpatch School taught the kids shoe cobbling so they could repair their parents' shoes?
(a) Jim McPherson.
(b) Victor Jameson.
(c) Andrew McAndrews.
(d) Mark Allen White.

14. The new building of the Weedpatch School contained classrooms and what?
(a) A stable.
(b) A garden.
(c) A cafeteria.
(d) A dormitory.

15. What did Mr. Hart buy and donate to the school to help out?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A truck.
(c) A cow.
(d) A tractor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who at the Weedpatch School taught the kids science and sewing so they could make more attractive and better fitting clothes for themselves?

2. Mr. Hart leased the land next to the Weedpatch Camp for how much money?

3. The Weedpatch School's population grew to how many students several years after its establishment?

4. By when after the opening of the Weedpatch School had the kids helped to till the field next to the school?

5. Where had Leo Hart gone to recover after his military service?

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