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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer 1935,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Daddy do when a good rain comes following the snow?
(a) Sits in the rain for hours
(b) Cleans the dust out of his tractor
(c) Goes to town for umbrellas
(d) Puts out more barrels and buckets

2. What does Billie Jo see on the way to the store?
(a) Mountains
(b) Tumbleweeds
(c) Car dealership
(d) Rib-thin cattle

3. Why is Billie Jo mad at her mother?
(a) She will not let her go to the movies
(b) She will not let her wear makeup
(c) She will not make her a new dress
(d) She will not let her miss school to practice for a program

4. How does Billie Jo have to set the table during the dust bowl era?
(a) With plastic wrap over the dishes
(b) With dish towels covering the food
(c) With a plastic tablecloth
(d) With the plates and glasses upside down

5. What does the passenger ask Billie Jo for?
(a) Money
(b) Chocolate
(c) Clothes
(d) Food

Short Answer Questions

1. What flowers would grow on the graves of the war dead?

2. Which of the following does the piano not represent for Billie Jo?

3. What ruins the family's winter wheat crop?

4. What does Billie Jo see along the tracks?

5. How much wheat does one farmer get from a 20-bushel acre?

(see the answer key)

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