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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What helps Billie Jo escape life's problems?
(a) Her piano
(b) Sewing
(c) Reading
(d) Movies

2. What flowers would grow on the graves of the war dead?
(a) Blue iris
(b) Pink peonies
(c) Red poppies
(d) White roses

3. What does Billie Jo call playing piano on stage?
(a) Heaven
(b) A one time thing
(c) Nerve wracking
(d) Terrifying

4. How old will Billie Jo be when her mother has the new baby?
(a) 10
(b) 21
(c) 9
(d) 14

5. Who is Arley Wanderdale?
(a) Billie Jo's music teacher
(b) The local extension agent
(c) A seed salesman
(d) The army recruiter

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year is Billie Jo born?

3. Billie Jo says about her father that "If he had cried, his tears would have been __________ too, but he didn't cry."

4. How much wheat does one farmer get from a 20-bushel acre?

5. For what fruit does Billie Jo have a fondness?

(see the answer key)

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