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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What crop is dying and drying up?
(a) Soybeans
(b) Oats
(c) Wheat
(d) Corn

2. Why can the mail train not get through?
(a) The rails are broken
(b) It is held up
(c) The dust drifts the tracks like snow
(d) The engine fails

3. What does Billie Jo do each day before and after school?
(a) Writes in a journal
(b) Practices piano
(c) Prays
(d) Exercises

4. What do the thoughts of her mother prompt Billie Jo to do?
(a) Scrub the house
(b) Play the piano
(c) Mend Daddy's shirts
(d) Learn to bake

5. The sheriff catches some men producing _________________ down by the river.
(a) Tobacco
(b) Noise
(c) Moonshine
(d) Marijuana

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Ma saving the dimes?

2. What scholastic achievement does Billie Jo reach?

3. What does Billie Jo wish she could do in town?

4. What do the neighbors talk about after Ma's funeral?

5. To what state is Billie Jo's best friend moving?

(see the answer key)

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