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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Billie Jo call from the train station?
(a) Mad Dog
(b) Mr. Hardly
(c) Daddy
(d) Aunt Ellis

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

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

4. What does Daddy do when a good rain comes following the snow?
(a) Goes to town for umbrellas
(b) Puts out more barrels and buckets
(c) Cleans the dust out of his tractor
(d) Sits in the rain for hours

5. How does Billie Jo test the difference between snow and dust?
(a) She shovels the walk
(b) She makes a snowball
(c) She makes a snow angel
(d) She mixes it with water

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the person in #79 not ask Billie Jo to try out for a sport?

2. What is the relationship between Billie Jo and Daddy?

3. In what war did Billie Jo's father serve?

4. What crop is dying and drying up?

5. What does Daddy's pond represent to Billie Jo?

(see the answer key)

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