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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What little bit of good happens at the beginning of Summer 1934?
(a) An inheritance
(b) A new car
(c) A bank loan
(d) A drizzling rain

2. In her dream what does Billie Jo find in the neighbor's house?
(a) Dead apple trees
(b) A piano
(c) A statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt
(d) A wall of dust

3. What does Billie Jo see sliding down her mother's skin?
(a) Jam
(b) Syrup
(c) Rain
(d) Blood

4. What is contained in the boxes that Billie Jo finds?
(a) Cookie cutters
(b) Travel brochures
(c) Mementoes of Billie Jo's life
(d) Antique knives

5. Billie Jo says about her father that "If he had cried, his tears would have been __________ too, but he didn't cry."
(a) Dust
(b) Mud
(c) Angry
(d) Salty

Short Answer Questions

1. What ruins the family's winter wheat crop?

2. What musical instrument does Billie Jo like?

3. What noteworthy event happens in Hawaii in the summer of 1934?

4. What does Billie Jo sense returning to the area?

5. What is eating the crops?

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