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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Mr. Noble and Mr. Romney do to take care of the pests?
(a) Put out poison
(b) Call the exterminator
(c) Set traps
(d) Have a rabbit-killing contest

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

3. What color is the dust storm that roars through the area?
(a) Blue
(b) Grey
(c) Red
(d) Black

4. How does dust get into the classroom?
(a) The cracks in the walls and the windows
(b) Down the chimney
(c) The skylight
(d) Through the mail slot

5. What does Billie Jo wish she could buy at the store?
(a) Makeup
(b) Headbands
(c) Sheet music
(d) Chocolates

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

7. How many other children other than Billie Jo are in Billie Jo's family in the Beginning?
(a) 7
(b) 3
(c) 12
(d)

8. Who has a reputation for cheating customers at his store?
(a) Mr. Romney
(b) Mad Dog Craddock
(c) Mr. Hardly
(d) Arley Wanderdale

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

10. In what year is Billie Jo born?
(a) 1934
(b) 1919
(c) 1920
(d) 1945

11. The boy who stops at Billie Jo's house to work and eat is headed to __________________.
(a) Georgia
(b) Oregon
(c) Las Vegas
(d) California

12. Arley thinks that Billie Jo can ___________________________.
(a) Learn to cook
(b) Play piano again if she tries
(c) Go to college on a scholarship
(d) Be anything she wants to be

13. What is Daddy's job?
(a) Selling men's clothes
(b) Digging holes for towers
(c) Auditing tax returns
(d) Selling agricultural implements

14. What does Ma think will help get water to the crops?
(a) A windmill
(b) Water tower
(c) Greenhouse
(d) A sprinkler system

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ma care for the trees?

2. How old will Billie Jo be when her mother has the new baby?

3. In Billie Jo's dream, Ma gives birth to a baby ______________.

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

5. Why does Daddy get a different job?

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