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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Billie Jo throws the pail outside?
(a) It hits Ma and she is burned
(b) It hits a neighbor kid
(c) It breaks a window
(d) It breaks in two

2. What does Daddy do as a result of Ma's injuries?
(a) Makes out his will
(b) Sells the farm
(c) Goes on a drinking binge
(d) Hires some help

3. What hope floats in in this chapter, August 1934?
(a) Higher wages
(b) Increased wheat prices
(c) Bank loans
(d) The smell of rain

4. What item is not made for this year's Christmas dinner?
(a) Cranberry sauce
(b) Glazed ham
(c) Lemon pie
(d) Roast turkey

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is eating the crops?

2. What does Billie Jo do as the dust storm approaches?

3. What does Billie Jo do each day before and after school?

4. What can Billie Jo no longer tolerate?

5. What happens to Ma as Billie Jo is trying to save the apple trees?

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