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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the exhibit is over, Billie Jo is angry because ___________________________.
(a) She is on the clean-up crew
(b) They didn't make enough money
(c) She can't see more art
(d) None of her painting sold

2. What is in the pail that Ma grabs in the kitchen?
(a) Kerosene
(b) Water
(c) Oil
(d) Oats

3. Billie Jo says about her father that "If he had cried, his tears would have been __________ too, but he didn't cry."
(a) Salty
(b) Dust
(c) Mud
(d) Angry

4. In her dream what does Billie Jo find in the neighbor's house?
(a) A piano
(b) Dead apple trees
(c) A wall of dust
(d) A statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt

5. How much wheat does one farmer get from a 20-bushel acre?
(a) 17 bushels
(b) 13 bushels
(c) 3 bushels
(d) 8 bushels

6. In what country did Billie Jo's father serve during the war?
(a) England
(b) France
(c) Vietnam
(d) Korea

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

8. In what opera is Billie Jo's teacher going to sing?
(a) Madame Butterfly
(b) Rigoletto
(c) The Marriage of Figaro
(d) Aida

9. 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 they're not taking girls on the team
(c) Because her hands are injured
(d) Because the team is full

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

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

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

13. What scholastic achievement does Billie Jo reach?
(a) Completed high school two years early
(b) Winner of the regional spelling bee
(c) Highest in the state achievement tests
(d) Full college scholarship

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

15. Billie Jo likes seeing new places and ________________________.
(a) Meeting new people
(b) Having fun
(c) Taking pictures
(d) Going sightseeing

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Billie Jo go to Mrs. Brown's house?

2. Ma thinks they should try growing some crops that do better in dry weather like cotton or ______________.

3. What does President Roosevelt encourage people to plant in the dust bowl?

4. Billie Jo is glad to be around Mad Dog because he _________________________ or treat her like she's handicapped.

5. What does Daddy say uses up more water than the wheat?

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