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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Billie Jo think she should get extra credit in class?
(a) She did extra homework
(b) She tutored a classmate
(c) Dust blows into the classroom during a dust storm
(d) She shares her textbooks

2. What can Billie Jo no longer tolerate?
(a) Going to school
(b) Living with her father
(c) Being a teenager
(d) Being in a room with a piano

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

4. What is Daddy's job?
(a) Auditing tax returns
(b) Digging holes for towers
(c) Selling men's clothes
(d) Selling agricultural implements

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who used to encourage Billie Jo to try out for a sport?

3. Mad Dog says he got his name because as a child he used to _________________ like a mad dog.

4. What flowers would grow on the graves of the war dead?

5. Who is James Kingsbury?

(see the answer key)

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