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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Billie Jo likes seeing new places and ________________________.
(a) Having fun
(b) Going sightseeing
(c) Meeting new people
(d) Taking pictures

3. What happens when Billie Jo throws the pail outside?
(a) It hits Ma and she is burned
(b) It breaks a window
(c) It hits a neighbor kid
(d) It breaks in two

4. Which of the following does not hurt Billie Jo's hands?
(a) Salt
(b) Heat
(c) Dust
(d) Air

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Billie Jo attend the event at the courthouse?

2. What does Billie Jo wish she could buy at the store?

3. What does Billie Jo hunger for in her life?

4. Why does Billie Jo think she should get extra credit in class?

5. How does Ma care for the trees?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Billie Jo's injuries treated?

2. How does the wandering boy symbolize all the people who want to escape the dust bowl and have a better life in California?

3. What does Daddy do for work since the wheat crop is failing?

4. What is Bille Jo's overall state of mind in Autumn 1934?

5. How does Ma react when a brief rain comes in the Summer of 1934?

6. What happens in the aftermath of Ma's death?

7. What is Billie Jo looking forward to regarding the apples?

8. How does Billie Jo feel about the piano since Ma has died?

9. Who is Livie?

10. How does Billie Jo earn money playing the piano?

(see the answer keys)

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