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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Billie Jo go in the middle of the night?
(a) Amarillo
(b) Aunt Ellis' house
(c) A train headed west
(d) Miss Freeland's house

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

3. What does the passenger leave Billie Jo when he goes?
(a) Food
(b) Money
(c) Bible
(d) A picture of his family

4. What do Daddy and Billie Jo keep from the two boxes of Ma's things?
(a) Love letters
(b) Almost everything
(c) Sheet music
(d) Family photos

5. What does the sheriff give to Miss Freeland for the children?
(a) Crayons
(b) Sugar
(c) Clothes
(d) Books

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

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

8. What does Billie Jo's father have on his face?
(a) Jam
(b) Mustache
(c) Beard
(d) Spots

9. Which of the following does not catch on fire in the town?
(a) The school
(b) Railroad cars
(c) Cars
(d) The church

10. How does Billie Jo describe her train trip?
(a) Interesting
(b) Lonely
(c) Exhilirating
(d) Boring

11. What does the passenger take from Billie Jo when he leaves?
(a) Food
(b) Magazine
(c) Money
(d) Brochure

12. Why does Billie Jo tell her father to go to the doctor?
(a) Because of the spots on his face
(b) Because of his depression
(c) Because of his weight loss
(d) Because of swollen joints

13. Who does Billie Jo have a crush on?
(a) Arlen
(b) Mad Dog
(c) Evan
(d) Jerome

14. Who begins to leave the area in large groups?
(a) Migrant workers
(b) Farmers
(c) Retailers
(d) Road workers

15. Which of the following do the children not bring for the live-in family?
(a) Food
(b) Toys
(c) Clothes
(d) Candy

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will Billie Jo not allow Louise to go?

2. What are the spots on Daddy's face?

3. The sheriff catches some men producing _________________ down by the river.

4. What item is not made for this year's Christmas dinner?

5. How does Billie Jo view Louise's role in her life?

(see the answer keys)

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