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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. What do the girls at the show want to know about Mad Dog?
(a) Where he performs
(b) How he got his name
(c) How old he is
(d) Where he lives

2. The boy who stops at Billie Jo's house to work and eat is headed to __________________.
(a) California
(b) Georgia
(c) Las Vegas
(d) Oregon

3. How does dust get into the classroom?
(a) Down the chimney
(b) The cracks in the walls and the windows
(c) Through the mail slot
(d) The skylight

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

5. How much wheat does one farmer get from a 20-bushel acre?
(a) 13 bushels
(b) 17 bushels
(c) 3 bushels
(d) 8 bushels

Short Answer Questions

1. What hope floats in in this chapter, August 1934?

2. What does Daddy no longer tell Billie Jo?

3. What does Ma think will help get water to the crops?

4. What does Miss Freeland explain to Billie Jo's class?

5. What is eating the crops?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the accident that severely injures Ma and Billie Jo.

2. How does Billie Jo earn money playing the piano?

3. How does the wandering boy symbolize all the people who want to escape the dust bowl and have a better life in California?

4. Explain how people view Billie Jo now that her hands are injured.

5. What is Bille Jo's overall state of mind in Autumn 1934?

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

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

8. How do Billie Jo and Daddy interact now that Ma is gone?

9. What happens when Daddy blows his nose or coughs after a dust storm?

10. What is the argument about a pond between Daddy and Ma?

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