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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the people of Oklahoma begin to think that the dust plague might be over?
(a) Much cooler weather
(b) A rainbow
(c) Two days of clear blue
(d) A week of rain

2. Where do people in town go to listen to Mad Dog's radio performance?
(a) The VFW hall
(b) Church
(c) The school
(d) The hardware store

3. Who is James Kingsbury?
(a) Secretary of State
(b) A Canadian photographer
(c) A Congressman
(d) The new Methodist minister

4. Why was Ma saving the dimes?
(a) To buy a coffee pot
(b) To have a dress made
(c) To study music
(d) To buy some ribbon

5. Which of the following is not on Billie's Jo's list of things she is thankful for at Thanksgiving?
(a) Food without dust
(b) Home
(c) Textbooks
(d) Daddy's smile

6. What does Daddy's pond represent to Billie Jo?
(a) A dream
(b) Hope
(c) His grave
(d) A folly

7. Who does Billie Jo call from the train station?
(a) Mad Dog
(b) Daddy
(c) Mr. Hardly
(d) Aunt Ellis

8. What does Billie Jo do each day before and after school?
(a) Prays
(b) Writes in a journal
(c) Exercises
(d) Practices piano

9. To what event do Billie Jo and her father go all dressed up?
(a) The President's Ball
(b) A neighbor's wedding
(c) A cousin's funeral
(d) The Spring Fling

10. What do Billie Jo and Daddy encounter on the way to a funeral?
(a) A train accident
(b) Relatives having a picnic
(c) A black cloud of dust
(d) A rainbow

11. What does Billie Jo find in a box of baby clothes?
(a) Old pictures
(b) Love letters
(c) Pressed flowers in a book
(d) Dimes Ma saved

12. Ma used to arrange the items on the shelf _____________________.
(a) Above the piano
(b) In the pantry
(c) Over the stove
(d) On the porch

13. The sheriff catches some men producing _________________ down by the river.
(a) Moonshine
(b) Noise
(c) Tobacco
(d) Marijuana

14. What does Billie Jo not want people to say about her?
(a) She is stupid
(b) Her clothes are torn
(c) She has bad manners
(d) She plays like a cripple

15. With whom does Billie Jo want to leave town?
(a) The Tyler family
(b) The live-in family
(c) Miss Freeland
(d) Mad Dog

Short Answer Questions

1. What is found on the church steps?

2. Where does Billie Jo go in the middle of the night?

3. What does Billie Jo have some trepidation about looking at?

4. What is the relationship between Billie Jo and Daddy?

5. What does Billie Jo's father have on his face?

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