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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the dust storm that roars through the area?
(a) Red
(b) Black
(c) Grey
(d) Blue

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

3. How many trees are in Billie Jo's front yard?
(a) 6
(b) 3
(c) 9
(d) 2

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

5. What do Daddy and Ma argue about?
(a) Rain
(b) Children
(c) Politics
(d) Religion

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ma make Billie Jo return to the store?

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

3. What scholastic achievement does Billie Jo reach?

4. What flowers would grow on the graves of the war dead?

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

(see the answer key)

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