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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 ruins the family's winter wheat crop?
(a) Locusts
(b) Hail
(c) A dust storm
(d) Deer

2. What little bit of good happens at the beginning of Summer 1934?
(a) A drizzling rain
(b) A bank loan
(c) A new car
(d) An inheritance

3. What do Mr. Noble and Mr. Romney do to take care of the pests?
(a) Put out poison
(b) Set traps
(c) Have a rabbit-killing contest
(d) Call the exterminator

4. In what year is Billie Jo born?
(a) 1919
(b) 1920
(c) 1945
(d) 1934

5. What does Billie Jo see eating up the wheat crop?
(a) Beetles
(b) Grasshoppers
(c) Deer
(d) Locusts

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not one of the things Billie Jo expects to eat after the apples are ripe?

2. What happens when Billie Jo throws the pail outside?

3. Who has a reputation for cheating customers at his store?

4. What noteworthy event happens in Hawaii in the summer of 1934?

5. What type of trees are in Billie Jo's front yard?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Billie Jo feel about the piano since Ma has died?

2. What happens when Daddy blows his nose or coughs after a dust storm?

3. What does Daddy do for work since the wheat crop is failing?

4. Explain Billie Jo's reference to red poppies.

5. Explain the symbolism of Ma's death which corresponds with the devastation of the apple trees.

6. Who is Livie?

7. Describe the dust storm that wakes Billie Jo at night.

8. How does Mad Dog say he got his nickname? What is his real name?

9. What is Billie Jo looking forward to regarding the apples?

10. What are Ma's injuries and how does Daddy take care of her?

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