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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Billie Jo wish she could do in town?
(a) Pick up the show costumes
(b) Go to the movies
(c) Buy a new dress
(d) Go to dinner

3. What does Billie Jo call her father since Ma's death?
(a) Papa
(b) My father
(c) Daddy dearest
(d) Kerosene killer

4. Mad Dog says he got his name because as a child he used to _________________ like a mad dog.
(a) Run the streets
(b) Eat anything he could
(c) Rattle his chain
(d) Growl

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

6. To what state is Billie Jo's best friend moving?
(a) Georgi
(b) California
(c) New Mexico
(d) Ohio

7. Arley thinks that Billie Jo can ___________________________.
(a) Play piano again if she tries
(b) Learn to cook
(c) Go to college on a scholarship
(d) Be anything she wants to be

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

9. What does Billie Jo wish she could buy at the store?
(a) Makeup
(b) Sheet music
(c) Headbands
(d) Chocolates

10. In what state is Billie Jo born?
(a) Oregon
(b) Mississippi
(c) Ohio
(d) Oklahoma

11. What do the neighbors talk about after Ma's funeral?
(a) How dirty the house is
(b) How Billie Jo threw the bucket of kerosene
(c) How young Ma was
(d) How Ma was too good for Daddy

12. Who will be singing at the dance revue?
(a) Mad Dog
(b) Billie Jo
(c) Arley
(d) Livie

13. How does Billie Jo have to set the table during the dust bowl era?
(a) With the plates and glasses upside down
(b) With dish towels covering the food
(c) With a plastic tablecloth
(d) With plastic wrap over the dishes

14. Who used to encourage Billie Jo to try out for a sport?
(a) The basketball coach
(b) Daddy
(c) The softball coach
(d) Ma

15. What do the girls at the show want to know about Mad Dog?
(a) How old he is
(b) Where he lives
(c) How he got his name
(d) Where he performs

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Billie Jo mad at her mother?

2. How had Ma brought in a little bit of money once in awhile?

3. What does Daddy think about Ma's idea to get water to the crops?

4. In what year is Billie Jo born?

5. Billie Jo cannot forgive her father for _________________________.

(see the answer keys)

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