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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the content of the letter from Aunt Ellis?
(a) She invites Billie Jo and Daddy to come for a visit
(b) She informs Daddy of a relative's death
(c) She sends details about her will
(d) She wants Billie Jo to come live with her

2. What is found on the church steps?
(a) A baby
(b) Used clothes
(c) Flowers
(d) A food basket

3. Who does Billie Jo call from the train station?
(a) Mad Dog
(b) Aunt Ellis
(c) Daddy
(d) Mr. Hardly

4. Which of the following is not something Billie Jo feels bitter about?
(a) The dust
(b) Mad Dog's success
(c) Ma's death
(d) Her father's indifference

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

6. What does Billie Jo place over her nose to prevent breathing in the dust while she's in bed?
(a) Scarf
(b) Hanky
(c) Hat
(d) Wet cloth

7. How does Billie Jo describe her train trip?
(a) Boring
(b) Lonely
(c) Interesting
(d) Exhilirating

8. What does Billie Jo take with her when she leaves in the middle of the night?
(a) A little money and Ma's picture
(b) Aunt Ellis' letter and some food
(c) Clothes on her back
(d) A little money and food

9. Who is James Kingsbury?
(a) Secretary of State
(b) A Congressman
(c) A Canadian photographer
(d) The new Methodist minister

10. After Mad Dog's performance, Billie Jo knows that he ________________________.
(a) Will never return to this town
(b) Is master of his own future
(c) Will be coming home soon
(d) Will be changing careers

11. Which of the following do the children not bring for the live-in family?
(a) Clothes
(b) Candy
(c) Food
(d) Toys

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

13. How did Daddy meet Louise?
(a) She was Daddy's teacher in night school
(b) She worked at the bank
(c) She worked at the grocer's
(d) She worked at the phone company

14. Where does Billie Jo go in the middle of the night?
(a) Aunt Ellis' house
(b) Miss Freeland's house
(c) A train headed west
(d) Amarillo

15. Which of the following does not catch on fire in the town?
(a) Railroad cars
(b) The church
(c) Cars
(d) The school

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can the mail train not get through?

2. What does Billie Jo think her father is looking for when he looks at her?

3. What does Daddy's pond represent to Billie Jo?

4. What does Billie Jo realize about Louise?

5. What does Louise arrange in a bowl?

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