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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What helps Billie Jo escape life's problems?
(a) Movies
(b) Her piano
(c) Sewing
(d) Reading

2. Of what disease does Pete Guyton, the produce man, die?
(a) Cancer
(b) Heart attack
(c) Dust Pneumonia
(d) Kidney failure

3. What is eating the crops?
(a) Foxes
(b) Deer
(c) Rabbits
(d) Squirrels

4. Ma is burned so badly that she is _______________________.
(a) Unrecognizable
(b) Charred
(c) Comatose
(d) Fevered

5. What is in the pail that Ma grabs in the kitchen?
(a) Oats
(b) Kerosene
(c) Oil
(d) Water

Short Answer Questions

1. What totally unexpected event occurs in Autumn 1934?

2. How does Billie Jo test the difference between snow and dust?

3. What does President Roosevelt encourage people to plant in the dust bowl?

4. What does Daddy think about Ma's idea to get water to the crops?

5. Billie Jo likes seeing new places and ________________________.

(see the answer key)

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