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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Billie Jo find in a box of baby clothes?
(a) Love letters
(b) Dimes Ma saved
(c) Old pictures
(d) Pressed flowers in a book
2. To what event do Billie Jo and her father go all dressed up?
(a) A neighbor's wedding
(b) The Spring Fling
(c) A cousin's funeral
(d) The President's Ball
3. Who is James Kingsbury?
(a) Secretary of State
(b) The new Methodist minister
(c) A Canadian photographer
(d) A Congressman
4. What does Daddy do when a good rain comes following the snow?
(a) Goes to town for umbrellas
(b) Cleans the dust out of his tractor
(c) Sits in the rain for hours
(d) Puts out more barrels and buckets
5. What item is not made for this year's Christmas dinner?
(a) Roast turkey
(b) Lemon pie
(c) Glazed ham
(d) Cranberry sauce
6. What does Louise arrange in a bowl?
(a) Flowers
(b) Apples
(c) Candles
(d) Peaches
7. What do the thoughts of her mother prompt Billie Jo to do?
(a) Mend Daddy's shirts
(b) Learn to bake
(c) Scrub the house
(d) Play the piano
8. What does Billie Jo do each day before and after school?
(a) Exercises
(b) Prays
(c) Writes in a journal
(d) Practices piano
9. The sheriff catches some men producing _________________ down by the river.
(a) Tobacco
(b) Moonshine
(c) Noise
(d) Marijuana
10. What does Billie Jo have some trepidation about looking at?
(a) Her father
(b) The cemetery
(c) The piano
(d) The new baby
11. How does Billie Jo feel now about her mother's death?
(a) Emotionless
(b) Deeply grieved
(c) At peace
(d) Bitter
12. Where will Billie Jo not allow Louise to go?
(a) The graves of Ma and Franklin
(b) Her dance recital
(c) Her classroom
(d) Aunt Ellis' house
13. Where does Daddy decide to go?
(a) Night school
(b) California
(c) Church
(d) Oregon
14. Who begins to leave the area in large groups?
(a) Retailers
(b) Farmers
(c) Road workers
(d) Migrant workers
15. What does the sheriff give to Miss Freeland for the children?
(a) Clothes
(b) Sugar
(c) Crayons
(d) Books
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Mad Dog leaving?
2. What is the content of the letter from Aunt Ellis?
3. Why can the mail train not get through?
4. Which of the following does not catch on fire in the town?
5. With whom does Billie Jo want to leave town?
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