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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What musical instrument does Billie Jo like?
(a) Violin
(b) Piano
(c) Flute
(d) Guitar

2. What does Miss Freeland explain to Billie Jo's class?
(a) The reasons for World War I
(b) The solar system
(c) The case for evolution
(d) How the drought happened

3. In what opera is Billie Jo's teacher going to sing?
(a) Rigoletto
(b) Aida
(c) Madame Butterfly
(d) The Marriage of Figaro

4. What happens to Ma as Billie Jo is trying to save the apple trees?
(a) She asks for a priest
(b) She calls out for her
(c) She goes into a coma
(d) She dies

5. What does Billie Jo forget about when she's on the road?
(a) Her grade card
(b) Her homework
(c) The depression
(d) The dust

Short Answer Questions

1. Billie Jo cannot forgive her father for _________________________.

2. Billie Jo says about her father that "If he had cried, his tears would have been __________ too, but he didn't cry."

3. When did Ma start to teach Billie Jo how to play the piano?

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

5. How is Daddy going to get help with the farm?

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