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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not one of the things Billie Jo expects to eat after the apples are ripe?
(a) Sauce
(b) Cake
(c) Candy
(d) Pudding

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

4. Why is Billie Jo mad at her mother?
(a) She will not let her wear makeup
(b) She will not let her miss school to practice for a program
(c) She will not make her a new dress
(d) She will not let her go to the movies

5. What does Ma think will help get water to the crops?
(a) Water tower
(b) Greenhouse
(c) A sprinkler system
(d) A windmill

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daddy feed Ma?

2. In Billie Jo's dream, Ma gives birth to a baby ______________.

3. How does Ma care for the trees?

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

5. In her dream what does Billie Jo find in the neighbor's house?

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