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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 do Billie Jo and the passenger have in common?
(a) Fear of being alone
(b) Bad home lives
(c) The same birth date
(d) The need to escape the dust
2. What happens when Billie Jo moves around in her bed?
(a) She falls to the floor
(b) The mattress shifts
(c) It sends up the dust
(d) The springs creak
3. What does Billie Jo place over her nose to prevent breathing in the dust while she's in bed?
(a) Hat
(b) Hanky
(c) Wet cloth
(d) Scarf
4. After Mad Dog's performance, Billie Jo knows that he ________________________.
(a) Will never return to this town
(b) Will be coming home soon
(c) Is master of his own future
(d) Will be changing careers
5. How does Billie Jo feel now about her mother's death?
(a) Emotionless
(b) Bitter
(c) Deeply grieved
(d) At peace
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Daddy and Billie Jo keep from the two boxes of Ma's things?
2. How did Daddy meet Louise?
3. In what city does Billie Jo get off the train?
4. What does Billie Jo finally realize about her father?
5. To what event do Billie Jo and her father go all dressed up?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Billie Jo admit to herself about her mother's death, her father's indifference toward her and her need to escape this life?
2. How does Billie Jo block Louise's entry into a part of their lives?
3. How does Billie Jo feel about the famous photographer who comes from Canada to take pictures of the dust bowl?
4. How does fire seem to be an ever-present threat in Billie Jo's life?
5. Why are the migrant workers leaving the area in such large numbers?
6. How does Billie Jo attempt to escape her life and the dust?
7. What news does Mad Dog come to deliver to Billie Jo?
8. Who is Joe De La Flor and what hardship does he face regarding his cattle?
9. How did Billie Jo's time away change the relationship between her and her father?
10. For what things is Billie Jo thankful on this Thanksgiving?
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