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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer 1934,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ruins the family's winter wheat crop?
(a) Locusts
(b) Hail
(c) Deer
(d) A dust storm

2. Why does Ma make Billie Jo return to the store?
(a) She forgot the sugar
(b) She got four cents too much in change
(c) She forgot the coffee
(d) She forgot to get the mail

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

4. The boy who stops at Billie Jo's house to work and eat is headed to __________________.
(a) Las Vegas
(b) California
(c) Oregon
(d) Georgia

5. What type of trees are in Billie Jo's front yard?
(a) Peach
(b) Maple
(c) Apple
(d) Pear

Short Answer Questions

1. What is eating the crops?

2. Why does Billie Jo go to Mrs. Brown's house?

3. When did Ma start to teach Billie Jo how to play the piano?

4. What crop is dying and drying up?

5. In what opera is Billie Jo's teacher going to sing?

(see the answer key)

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