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

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

3. Who used to encourage Billie Jo to try out for a sport?
(a) Ma
(b) Daddy
(c) The softball coach
(d) The basketball coach

4. What does Billie Jo do as the dust storm approaches?
(a) Prays
(b) Watches from a big window
(c) Hides in her bedroom
(d) Stuffs rugs under the doors and rags around the windows

5. Billie Jo would be a good athlete because she is ___________ and has great hands.
(a) Aggressive
(b) A team player
(c) Tall
(d) Fast

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daddy feed Ma?

2. The boy who stops at Billie Jo's house to work and eat is headed to __________________.

3. What is Daddy doing based on advice Ma had given him?

4. Why does Daddy get a different job?

5. What event is held at the courthouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Billie Jo like being on the road and playing piano?

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

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

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

5. What are the special rules about setting the table during the dust bowl era?

6. How does Billie Jo feel about the piano since Ma has died?

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

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

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

10. In addition to her love for music, what other force drives Billie Jo to have beautiful experiences?

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