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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Billie Jo not want to find in the world?
(a) Farms
(b) Art
(c) Literature
(d) Music

2. What does Billie Jo forget about when she's on the road?
(a) The dust
(b) The depression
(c) Her grade card
(d) Her homework

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

4. What is Billie Jo's new baby brother named?
(a) Vaughn
(b) Frederick
(c) Franklin
(d) Fletcher

5. What does Daddy feed Ma?
(a) Coffee
(b) Ice cream
(c) Orange juice
(d) Sips of water

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

7. What can Billie Jo no longer tolerate?
(a) Being a teenager
(b) Living with her father
(c) Being in a room with a piano
(d) Going to school

8. Billie Jo is glad to be around Mad Dog because he _________________________ or treat her like she's handicapped.
(a) Doesn't swear
(b) Doesn't drink alcohol
(c) Doesn't leer at her
(d) Doesn't stare at her hands

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

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

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

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

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

14. What do Mr. Noble and Mr. Romney do to take care of the pests?
(a) Call the exterminator
(b) Put out poison
(c) Set traps
(d) Have a rabbit-killing contest

15. Who does Billie Jo go on the road with to play piano?
(a) Arley Wanderdale
(b) The Goodwin Gospel Group
(c) Mr. Romney
(d) The Brice Family

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Daddy no longer tell Billie Jo?

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

4. What musical instrument does Billie Jo like?

5. What color is the dust storm that roars through the area?

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