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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Billie Jo wish she could buy at the store?
(a) Headbands
(b) Chocolates
(c) Sheet music
(d) Makeup

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

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

4. How does Ma care for the trees?
(a) Fertilizes them every week
(b) Waters them despite the drought
(c) Doesn't do anything to them
(d) Prunes them each summer

5. What does Billie Jo see on the way to the store?
(a) Tumbleweeds
(b) Mountains
(c) Car dealership
(d) Rib-thin cattle

Short Answer Questions

1. What crop is dying and drying up?

2. What does Billie Jo call playing piano on stage?

3. Who is Arley Wanderdale?

4. How does Billie Jo have to set the table during the dust bowl era?

5. In what state is Billie Jo born?

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