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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Spring 1935,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ma think will help get water to the crops?
(a) A windmill
(b) A sprinkler system
(c) Greenhouse
(d) Water tower

2. What makes the people of Oklahoma begin to think that the dust plague might be over?
(a) A week of rain
(b) Two days of clear blue
(c) A rainbow
(d) Much cooler weather

3. Who used to encourage Billie Jo to try out for a sport?
(a) Daddy
(b) The basketball coach
(c) Ma
(d) The softball coach

4. What is the relationship between Billie Jo and Daddy?
(a) They spend as much time together as possible
(b) They are hostile
(c) They avoid each other
(d) They don't talk much

5. What color is the dust storm that roars through the area?
(a) Blue
(b) Grey
(c) Red
(d) Black

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mad Dog leaving?

2. Billie Jo chooses a set of songs that all have the word ___________ in the title.

3. What do Billie Jo and Daddy encounter on the way to a funeral?

4. What hope floats in in this chapter, August 1934?

5. What does Billie Jo's father have on his face?

(see the answer key)

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