Out of the Dust Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 119 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Out of the Dust Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 119 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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

3. How old will Billie Jo be when her mother has the new baby?
(a) 10
(b) 21
(c) 9
(d) 14

4. Where does Daddy go to work?
(a) The phone company
(b) The power company
(c) Macy's
(d) The state government

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

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

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

8. What crop is dying and drying up?
(a) Oats
(b) Corn
(c) Soybeans
(d) Wheat

9. Who has a reputation for cheating customers at his store?
(a) Mad Dog Craddock
(b) Mr. Hardly
(c) Mr. Romney
(d) Arley Wanderdale

10. What musical instrument does Billie Jo like?
(a) Violin
(b) Guitar
(c) Flute
(d) Piano

11. In what country are the Dionne Quintuplets born?
(a) France
(b) United States
(c) England
(d) Canada

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

13. What event is held at the courthouse?
(a) Barbershop quartet show
(b) Ice cream social
(c) Art exhibit
(d) Political rally

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

15. Ma is burned so badly that she is _______________________.
(a) Comatose
(b) Charred
(c) Unrecognizable
(d) Fevered

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will be singing at the dance revue?

2. What does Billie Jo see on the way to the store?

3. What does Miss Freeland explain to Billie Jo's class?

4. How much wheat does one farmer get from a 20-bushel acre?

5. Why does Daddy get a different job?

(see the answer keys)

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