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

2. What do Daddy and Billie Jo keep from the two boxes of Ma's things?
(a) Sheet music
(b) Family photos
(c) Love letters
(d) Almost everything

3. Billie Jo tells Louise that there is nothing better than __________________.
(a) Chocolate
(b) Butterflies
(c) Rain
(d) Home

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

5. What does Billie Jo tell Louise that Billie Jo has like her mother?
(a) Full lips
(b) Wiry hair
(c) Tiny ears
(d) Piano hands

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billie Jo sense returning to the area?

2. In what city does Billie Jo get off the train?

3. What does Joe De La Flor need to divest himself of?

4. Where does Daddy decide to go?

5. What does Billie Jo take with her when she leaves in the middle of the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Billie Jo block Louise's entry into a part of their lives?

2. How does Billie Jo assign human characteristics to her piano?

3. With whom does Billie Jo share a train car for a short while? Explain that experience and what it teaches Billie Jo.

4. Who is Joe De La Flor and what hardship does he face regarding his cattle?

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

6. Why are the migrant workers leaving the area in such large numbers?

7. How does Billie Jo attempt to escape her life and the dust?

8. How does Billie Jo finally come to terms with the dust and its full impact on her life?

9. What immediate plans to Billie Jo and Daddy make to begin healing?

10. What is the bittersweet accomplishment Billie Jo makes at school?

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