|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is found on the church steps?
(a) A baby
(b) Flowers
(c) Used clothes
(d) A food basket
2. Where does Aunt Ellis live?
(a) Portland, Oregon
(b) Lubbock, Texas
(c) Waco, Texas
(d) Albuquerque, New Mexico
3. Ma used to arrange the items on the shelf _____________________.
(a) Above the piano
(b) Over the stove
(c) In the pantry
(d) On the porch
4. Who is Haydon P. Nye?
(a) A Congressman
(b) The town banker
(c) The school principal
(d) One of the first white settlers who came out west
5. Billie Jo tells Louise that there is nothing better than __________________.
(a) Home
(b) Butterflies
(c) Chocolate
(d) Rain
6. Who is James Kingsbury?
(a) A Congressman
(b) The new Methodist minister
(c) Secretary of State
(d) A Canadian photographer
7. What is Billie Jo's main concern right now?
(a) Getting a college fund started
(b) Not getting pushed out of Daddy's life
(c) Taking music lessons
(d) Learning to drive
8. Where does Daddy decide to go?
(a) California
(b) Night school
(c) Oregon
(d) Church
9. What does the passenger leave Billie Jo when he goes?
(a) Food
(b) Money
(c) Bible
(d) A picture of his family
10. Where does Billie Jo go in the middle of the night?
(a) Miss Freeland's house
(b) Aunt Ellis' house
(c) Amarillo
(d) A train headed west
11. What amazing discovery is made in Oklahoma during this time?
(a) Geysers
(b) Cave paintings
(c) Volcanoes
(d) Dinosaur bones
12. What does Billie Jo's father have on his face?
(a) Spots
(b) Mustache
(c) Jam
(d) Beard
13. What does the government do to help the farmers?
(a) Relocates them
(b) Hires workers
(c) Spreads water from a plane
(d) Lends money
14. What does Doc Rice tell Billie Jo to do with her hands?
(a) Use them
(b) Limit the use of them
(c) Wear protective gloves
(d) Rub oil into them
15. What makes the people of Oklahoma begin to think that the dust plague might be over?
(a) Much cooler weather
(b) Two days of clear blue
(c) A week of rain
(d) A rainbow
Short Answer Questions
1. Why can the mail train not get through?
2. What does Louise arrange in a bowl?
3. The sheriff catches some men producing _________________ down by the river.
4. Who does Billie Jo have a crush on?
5. What does Billie Jo think about as she sits in front of Ma's piano?
|
This section contains 374 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
|



