Free Out of the Dust Quiz

1)

What does President Roosevelt encourage people to plant in the dust bowl? (from Summer 1934,)

Soybeans

Wildflowers

Prairie grass

Trees

2)

Where does Daddy not want Billie Jo to go? (from Autumn 1935,)

College

Aunt Ellis' house

California

Amarillo

3)

Where does Daddy go to work? (from Autumn 1934,)

The power company

The phone company

Macy's

The state government

4)

Why does Billie Jo go to Mrs. Brown's house? (from Summer 1934,)

To eat raspberry pie

To learn to sew

To take singing lessons

To see a flower as big as a plate

5)

Arley thinks that Billie Jo can ___________________________. (from Autumn 1934,)

Learn to cook

Go to college on a scholarship

Play piano again if she tries

Be anything she wants to be

6)

What does Joe De La Flor need to divest himself of? (from Winter 1935,)

An old car

A herd of cows

A beat up truck

A bad debt

7)

What does Billie Jo realize about Louise? (from Autumn 1935,)

She won't stay

She is very artistic

She is pregnant

Daddy needs her

8)

Ma used to arrange the items on the shelf _____________________. (from Autumn 1935,)

In the pantry

Over the stove

Above the piano

On the porch

9)

Which of the following does Billie Jo not want to find in the world? (from Autumn 1934,)

Literature

Art

Music

Farms

10)

What is Daddy's job? (from Autumn 1934,)

Selling agricultural implements

Auditing tax returns

Digging holes for towers

Selling men's clothes

11)

Mrs. Love, the government lady, takes applications for males to work ____________ jobs. (from Spring 1935,)

Construction

Trucking

IRS

CCC

12)

What would Billie Jo like to see when she looks in the mirror? (from Winter 1935,)

Traces of Ma

A different color of eyes

Longer hair

Smaller ears

13)

Why does the person in #79 not ask Billie Jo to try out for a sport? (from Autumn 1934,)

Because the team is full

Because her hands are injured

Because the school has cancelled the athletic program

Because they're not taking girls on the team

14)

What realization does Billie Jo come to while on the train? (from Summer 1935,)

She has left her father alone

She wants to move to Amarillo

She wants to go to Aunt Ellis' house

She misses her father

15)

What does Miss Freeland explain to Billie Jo's class? (from Summer 1934,)

The case for evolution

The reasons for World War I

The solar system

How the drought happened

16)

To what city is Mad Dog going? (from Spring 1935,)

Amarillo

Dallas

Waco

Lubbock

17)

What do Billie Jo and the passenger have in common? (from Summer 1935,)

Fear of being alone

The same birth date

The need to escape the dust

Bad home lives

18)

Where does Daddy decide to go? (from Winter 1935,)

Oregon

California

Night school

Church

19)

What does Daddy reveal to Billie Jo? (from Autumn 1935,)

He has a college fund for her

He thought of leaving too

He didn't always love Ma

He never wanted another child

20)

What does Billie Jo tell Louise that Billie Jo has like her mother? (from Autumn 1935,)

Full lips

Piano hands

Wiry hair

Tiny ears

21)

What does Billie Jo hunger for in her life? (from Autumn 1934,)

Truth

Cheeseburgers

Cheesecake

Beauty

22)

What is the content of the letter from Aunt Ellis? (from Spring 1935,)

She wants Billie Jo to come live with her

She invites Billie Jo and Daddy to come for a visit

She sends details about her will

She informs Daddy of a relative's death

23)

What do the thoughts of her mother prompt Billie Jo to do? (from Winter 1935,)

Mend Daddy's shirts

Learn to bake

Scrub the house

Play the piano

24)

Why is Mad Dog leaving? (from Spring 1935,)

To work on the railroad

To go to college

To sing on the radio

To work for the power company

25)

What noteworthy event happens in Hawaii in the summer of 1934? (from Summer 1934,)

Mount Kilauea erupts

Pearl Harbor is attacked

There is a pineapple pickers strike

The stereo is invented

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