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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) A week of rain
(b) A rainbow
(c) Two days of clear blue
(d) Much cooler weather

2. What do the ranchers collect in the spring to feed their cows?
(a) Dandelions
(b) Ragweed
(c) Thistle
(d) Soybeans

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

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

5. Why is Mad Dog leaving?
(a) To work on the railroad
(b) To go to college
(c) To work for the power company
(d) To sing on the radio

6. What item is not made for this year's Christmas dinner?
(a) Glazed ham
(b) Cranberry sauce
(c) Roast turkey
(d) Lemon pie

7. Of what disease does Pete Guyton, the produce man, die?
(a) Kidney failure
(b) Dust Pneumonia
(c) Heart attack
(d) Cancer

8. What is Louise's best domestic skill?
(a) Sewing
(b) Baking
(c) Canning
(d) Cooking

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

10. Billie Jo tells Louise that there is nothing better than __________________.
(a) Rain
(b) Home
(c) Chocolate
(d) Butterflies

11. What does Billie Jo tell Louise that Billie Jo has like her mother?
(a) Full lips
(b) Wiry hair
(c) Tiny ears
(d) Piano hands

12. How did Daddy meet Louise?
(a) She worked at the phone company
(b) She was Daddy's teacher in night school
(c) She worked at the bank
(d) She worked at the grocer's

13. What is found on the church steps?
(a) A baby
(b) A food basket
(c) Used clothes
(d) Flowers

14. At what event is Billie Jo unable to play the piano because her hands hurt?
(a) Sunday church services
(b) Arley's wedding anniversary
(c) Graduation
(d) A dance recital

15. What does Joe De La Flor need to divest himself of?
(a) A bad debt
(b) A herd of cows
(c) An old car
(d) A beat up truck

Short Answer Questions

1. What arrives at the school compliments of the government?

2. What is Billie Jo's main concern right now?

3. To what event do Billie Jo and her father go all dressed up?

4. What does Louise arrange in a bowl?

5. What would Billie Jo like to see when she looks in the mirror?

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