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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has been Billie Jo's best friend since first grade?
(a) Lillie
(b) Livie
(c) Ellie
(d) Olivia

2. What hope floats in in this chapter, August 1934?
(a) The smell of rain
(b) Bank loans
(c) Increased wheat prices
(d) Higher wages

3. Why does the person in #79 not ask Billie Jo to try out for a sport?
(a) Because they're not taking girls on the team
(b) Because the school has cancelled the athletic program
(c) Because her hands are injured
(d) Because the team is full

4. What is Daddy doing based on advice Ma had given him?
(a) Buying a tractor
(b) Selling the farm
(c) Digging a pond
(d) Hiring some help

5. What does Miss Freeland explain to Billie Jo's class?
(a) The case for evolution
(b) The reasons for World War I
(c) The solar system
(d) How the drought happened

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state is Billie Jo born?

2. What is in the pail that Ma grabs in the kitchen?

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

4. What noteworthy event happens in Hawaii in the summer of 1934?

5. What scholastic achievement does Billie Jo reach?

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