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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does dust get into the classroom?

2. What does Billie Jo call playing piano on stage?

3. What does Daddy say uses up more water than the wheat?

4. In what country are the Dionne Quintuplets born?

5. Who will be singing at the dance revue?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Billie Jo earn money playing the piano?

2. Explain the accident that severely injures Ma and Billie Jo.

3. How does Mad Dog make Billie Jo feel like things are back to normal at least for a little bit?

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

5. Describe some of the grim scenarios that Billie Jo sees.

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

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

8. What is the argument about a pond between Daddy and Ma?

9. How do Billie Jo and Daddy interact now that Ma is gone?

10. Who is Billie Jo? What does she like? Where does she live and who is her family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The climax of the story is Billie Jo's little train trip and her return home. Explain the meaning of a story's climax. Why does this situation quality as the climax of this story?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the thought process that Billie Jo has that prompts her to hop a train headed west. What prompts her to return home? What was the purpose of this experience for both Billie Jo and Daddy?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the irony of Billie Jo's piano playing after her hands are burned.

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