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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 Joe De La Flor need to divest himself of?
(a) A beat up truck
(b) A herd of cows
(c) A bad debt
(d) An old car
2. To what city is Mad Dog going?
(a) Amarillo
(b) Lubbock
(c) Waco
(d) Dallas
3. Who is Louise?
(a) Daddy's lady friend
(b) Doc Rice's nurse
(c) The new phone operator in town
(d) Billie Jo's aunt
4. What does the sheriff give to Miss Freeland for the children?
(a) Sugar
(b) Crayons
(c) Books
(d) Clothes
5. What does Billie Jo finally realize about her father?
(a) She is like him in a good way
(b) She is the light of his life
(c) He never loved her
(d) He is a major disappointment
Short Answer Questions
1. What would Billie Jo like to see when she looks in the mirror?
2. What does Daddy reveal to Billie Jo?
3. Who is James Kingsbury?
4. How did Daddy meet Louise?
5. Where do people in town go to listen to Mad Dog's radio performance?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the content of the letter Aunt Ellis sends to Billie Jo?
2. How does Billie Jo feel about the famous photographer who comes from Canada to take pictures of the dust bowl?
3. What is the bittersweet accomplishment Billie Jo makes at school?
4. How does Billie Jo attempt to escape her life and the dust?
5. What does Billie Jo think her father is looking for when he looks at her?
6. How can something as normal as rain be viewed as special to Billie Jo and the people in town?
7. What immediate plans to Billie Jo and Daddy make to begin healing?
8. Billie Jo has not taken any interest in cleaning the house until she sees someone else scrubbing hardened mud. What does this prompt Billie Jo to do and why does she feel haunted by Ma in her actions?
9. With whom does Billie Jo share a train car for a short while? Explain that experience and what it teaches Billie Jo.
10. How does the lack of a mother make Billie Jo unsure of how to manage her feelings about Mad Dog?
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