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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What noteworthy event happens in Hawaii in the summer of 1934?
(a) Pearl Harbor is attacked
(b) There is a pineapple pickers strike
(c) Mount Kilauea erupts
(d) The stereo is invented

2. Ma thinks they should try growing some crops that do better in dry weather like cotton or ______________.
(a) Corn
(b) Soybeans
(c) Alfalfa
(d) Sorghum

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

4. In what year is Billie Jo born?
(a) 1945
(b) 1920
(c) 1934
(d) 1919

5. What happens when Billie Jo throws the pail outside?
(a) It breaks in two
(b) It breaks a window
(c) It hits Ma and she is burned
(d) It hits a neighbor kid

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what country are the Dionne Quintuplets born?

3. What does Daddy feed Ma?

4. Which of the following does not hurt Billie Jo's hands?

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

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