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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year is Billie Jo born?
(a) 1920
(b) 1919
(c) 1945
(d) 1934

2. What crop is dying and drying up?
(a) Corn
(b) Wheat
(c) Oats
(d) Soybeans

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

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

5. For what fruit does Billie Jo have a fondness?
(a) Apples
(b) Pears
(c) Peaches
(d) Grapes

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daddy no longer tell Billie Jo?

2. In what opera is Billie Jo's teacher going to sing?

3. How does dust get into the classroom?

4. What can Billie Jo no longer tolerate?

5. Which of the following does Billie Jo not want to find in the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the symbolism of Ma's death which corresponds with the devastation of the apple trees.

2. What is the issue with the rabbits and why is Billie Jo so upset about it?

3. How does Ma react when a brief rain comes in the Summer of 1934?

4. What is the dust a metaphor for?

5. What are the first indications that Billie Jo wants to escape her situation for a brighter life?

6. What is the importance of the apple trees to Ma and Billie Jo?

7. How are Billie Jo's injuries treated?

8. Explain Billie Jo's reference to red poppies.

9. What are Ma's injuries and how does Daddy take care of her?

10. What is Billie Jo looking forward to regarding the apples?

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