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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. What does Billie Jo do as the dust storm approaches?
(a) Hides in her bedroom
(b) Prays
(c) Watches from a big window
(d) Stuffs rugs under the doors and rags around the windows

2. How does Ma care for the trees?
(a) Waters them despite the drought
(b) Fertilizes them every week
(c) Prunes them each summer
(d) Doesn't do anything to them

3. What is contained in the boxes that Billie Jo finds?
(a) Travel brochures
(b) Antique knives
(c) Mementoes of Billie Jo's life
(d) Cookie cutters

4. How old will Billie Jo be when her mother has the new baby?
(a) 14
(b) 9
(c) 10
(d) 21

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mr. Noble and Mr. Romney do to take care of the pests?

2. In what country are the Dionne Quintuplets born?

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

4. What does Daddy no longer tell Billie Jo?

5. Which of the following does not hurt Billie Jo's hands?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the first indications that Billie Jo wants to escape her situation for a brighter life?

3. What is the issue with the rabbits and why is Billie Jo so upset about it?

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

5. Who is Livie?

6. What is the importance of the apple trees to Ma and Billie Jo?

7. Explain the symbolism of Ma's death which corresponds with the devastation of the apple trees.

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

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

10. What is the significance of the snowfall in Autumn 1934?

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