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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer 1934,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many trees are in Billie Jo's front yard?
(a) 6
(b) 9
(c) 3
(d) 2

2. Who has been Billie Jo's best friend since first grade?
(a) Lillie
(b) Ellie
(c) Olivia
(d) Livie

3. Why does Billie Jo think she should get extra credit in class?
(a) She shares her textbooks
(b) Dust blows into the classroom during a dust storm
(c) She did extra homework
(d) She tutored a classmate

4. For what fruit does Billie Jo have a fondness?
(a) Peaches
(b) Pears
(c) Grapes
(d) Apples

5. What noteworthy event happens in Hawaii in the summer of 1934?
(a) The stereo is invented
(b) Pearl Harbor is attacked
(c) There is a pineapple pickers strike
(d) Mount Kilauea erupts

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daddy think about Ma's idea to get water to the crops?

2. The boy who stops at Billie Jo's house to work and eat is headed to __________________.

3. What does Ma think will help get water to the crops?

4. What scholastic achievement does Billie Jo reach?

5. What does Billie Jo do as the dust storm approaches?

(see the answer key)

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