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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 does Billie Jo feel now about her mother's death?
(a) Emotionless
(b) Deeply grieved
(c) At peace
(d) Bitter

2. What does Daddy reveal to Billie Jo?
(a) He never wanted another child
(b) He thought of leaving too
(c) He has a college fund for her
(d) He didn't always love Ma

3. What is Billie Jo's main concern right now?
(a) Not getting pushed out of Daddy's life
(b) Getting a college fund started
(c) Taking music lessons
(d) Learning to drive

4. What does Daddy do when a good rain comes following the snow?
(a) Puts out more barrels and buckets
(b) Sits in the rain for hours
(c) Goes to town for umbrellas
(d) Cleans the dust out of his tractor

5. What does Billie Jo not want people to say about her?
(a) She is stupid
(b) She plays like a cripple
(c) She has bad manners
(d) Her clothes are torn

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Aunt Ellis live?

2. What does the passenger ask Billie Jo for?

3. Billie Jo feels _____________ in the presence of her father.

4. What does the government do to help the farmers?

5. Who does Billie Jo have a crush on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the unexpected tenants of the schoolhouse for a couple weeks?

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

3. What are the circumstances around the black cloud on the way to the funeral?

4. Explain Billie Jo's cautious optimism where Louise is concerned.

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

6. How does the lack of a mother make Billie Jo unsure of how to manage her feelings about Mad Dog?

7. What does Billie Jo think about the dinosaur bones that are found in Oklahoma?

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

9. How did Billie Jo's time away change the relationship between her and her father?

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

(see the answer keys)

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