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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer 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. For what fruit does Billie Jo have a fondness?
(a) Peaches
(b) Apples
(c) Pears
(d) Grapes

3. What do the neighbors talk about after Ma's funeral?
(a) How Billie Jo threw the bucket of kerosene
(b) How Ma was too good for Daddy
(c) How young Ma was
(d) How dirty the house is

4. What does Billie Jo take with her when she leaves in the middle of the night?
(a) A little money and Ma's picture
(b) A little money and food
(c) Aunt Ellis' letter and some food
(d) Clothes on her back

5. What noteworthy event happens in Hawaii in the summer of 1934?
(a) The stereo is invented
(b) Pearl Harbor is attacked
(c) Mount Kilauea erupts
(d) There is a pineapple pickers strike

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Daddy and Ma argue about?

2. What does Daddy say Mad Dog's real name is?

3. To what event do Billie Jo and her father go all dressed up?

4. What happens when Billie Jo throws the pail outside?

5. How had Ma brought in a little bit of money once in awhile?

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