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

2. What student at the Weedpatch School lost her father to lung disease?

3. What kind of school was Mr. Hart permitted to build for the Okie children?

4. How many acres of land next to the Weedpatch Camp was Mr. Hart allowed to lease for his school?

5. What was the official name of the Weedpatch School?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What made progress slow with the Okie children of the Weedpatch School? How did the teachers cope?

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

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

6. What incidents of vandalism thwarted the Weedpatch School?

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

8. Who taught at the Weedpatch School? What did the instructors teach?

9. Who headed a mob which attacked the Weedpatch Camp in Chapter 5: Mr. Hart? Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Mother Road, and the hazards that the Okie families faced during this route. What protection did the Okies have from climate elements? What floods were encountered along the way?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the figure of Leo Hart, including childhood, education, war service, injury, marriage, children, and career. How did Hart come to meet the Okies?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Dewey Russell and his involvement in the Weedpatch School. How did Russell become friends with John Steinbeck? How had the friendship influenced Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath?

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