Out of the Dust Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 119 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Out of the Dust Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 119 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Daddy and Ma argue about?
(a) Rain
(b) Children
(c) Religion
(d) Politics

3. What totally unexpected event occurs in Autumn 1934?
(a) A meteor falls in the field
(b) Daddy sells the farm
(c) Billie Jo falls in love
(d) It snows

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

5. What does Daddy say uses up more water than the wheat?
(a) Doing laundry
(b) Apple trees
(c) Baths
(d) Washing dishes

6. In what country did Billie Jo's father serve during the war?
(a) Vietnam
(b) England
(c) France
(d) Korea

7. What do the girls at the show want to know about Mad Dog?
(a) Where he performs
(b) Where he lives
(c) How old he is
(d) How he got his name

8. Who will be singing at the dance revue?
(a) Livie
(b) Arley
(c) Mad Dog
(d) Billie Jo

9. What type of trees are in Billie Jo's front yard?
(a) Maple
(b) Apple
(c) Peach
(d) Pear

10. What does Daddy no longer tell Billie Jo?
(a) That she can be anything she wants to be
(b) That he loves her
(c) To put her hands to good use
(d) That she is beautiful

11. Why does Billie Jo go to Mrs. Brown's house?
(a) To eat raspberry pie
(b) To learn to sew
(c) To see a flower as big as a plate
(d) To take singing lessons

12. What does Daddy do as a result of Ma's injuries?
(a) Hires some help
(b) Sells the farm
(c) Makes out his will
(d) Goes on a drinking binge

13. Why does Ma make Billie Jo return to the store?
(a) She forgot to get the mail
(b) She forgot the sugar
(c) She forgot the coffee
(d) She got four cents too much in change

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

15. In what war did Billie Jo's father serve?
(a) World War I
(b) Korean War
(c) World War II
(d) Vietnam War

Short Answer Questions

1. What musical instrument does Billie Jo like?

2. Who does Billie Jo go on the road with to play piano?

3. What little bit of good happens at the beginning of Summer 1934?

4. Billie Jo likes seeing new places and ________________________.

5. What does President Roosevelt encourage people to plant in the dust bowl?

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