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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 many times does Billie Jo attend the event at the courthouse?
(a) 7
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 2

2. In what opera is Billie Jo's teacher going to sing?
(a) Aida
(b) Madame Butterfly
(c) The Marriage of Figaro
(d) Rigoletto

3. What can Billie Jo no longer tolerate?
(a) Living with her father
(b) Being a teenager
(c) Going to school
(d) Being in a room with a piano

4. After the exhibit is over, Billie Jo is angry because ___________________________.
(a) They didn't make enough money
(b) She is on the clean-up crew
(c) She can't see more art
(d) None of her painting sold

5. What is eating the crops?
(a) Foxes
(b) Rabbits
(c) Deer
(d) Squirrels

Short Answer Questions

1. Who used to encourage Billie Jo to try out for a sport?

2. Why does Billie Jo go to Mrs. Brown's house?

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

4. Billie Jo says about her father that "If he had cried, his tears would have been __________ too, but he didn't cry."

5. What does Ma think will help get water to the crops?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain how people view Billie Jo now that her hands are injured.

3. Describe the dust storm that wakes Billie Jo at night.

4. Describe some of the grim scenarios that Billie Jo sees.

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

6. Explain Billie Jo's reference to red poppies.

7. How do Billie Jo and Daddy interact now that Ma is gone?

8. Explain the accident that severely injures Ma and Billie Jo.

9. What are Ma's injuries and how does Daddy take care of her?

10. What happens when Daddy blows his nose or coughs after a dust storm?

(see the answer keys)

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