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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the official name of the Weedpatch School?
(a) The Kern County Emergency School.
(b) The Weedpatch Emergency School.
(c) The Arvin Federal Emergency School.
(d) The F.D. Roosevelt Emergency School.

2. What did Doyle Powers get as a reward for doing well on his math test in Chapter Eight: Our School?
(a) Money to build a farm.
(b) To go to the museum.
(c) To taxi the plane.
(d) To fly the plane.

3. How much did the airplane cost which was bought and donated to the Weedpatch School?
(a) $150.
(b) $200.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $500.

4. What disease had Leo Hart contracted during his military service?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Gangrene.
(d) Tuberculosis.

5. What student at the Weedpatch School lost her father to lung disease?
(a) Sally Anderson.
(b) Sarah Jane.
(c) Joyce Foster.
(d) Christina Parker.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the Weedpatch School, often kids would miss weeks of school because their parents had what?

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

4. What office did Leo Hart decide to run for in Chapter Five: Mr. Hart?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What incidents of vandalism thwarted the Weedpatch School?

2. What story is related of Joyce Foster at the Weedpatch School?

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

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

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

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

7. When did Leo Hart first meet with the students and teachers of the Weedpatch School? Where?

8. Where did Leo Hart obtain land for the Weedpatch School? How much did it cost?

9. What are examples of the generosity of the administration and faculty at the Weedpatch School?

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

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