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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. Who is Arley Wanderdale?
(a) A seed salesman
(b) Billie Jo's music teacher
(c) The local extension agent
(d) The army recruiter

2. Billie Jo likes seeing new places and ________________________.
(a) Having fun
(b) Going sightseeing
(c) Meeting new people
(d) Taking pictures

3. What color is the dust storm that roars through the area?
(a) Red
(b) Blue
(c) Grey
(d) Black

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

5. In her dream what does Billie Jo find in the neighbor's house?
(a) A piano
(b) Dead apple trees
(c) A wall of dust
(d) A statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Short Answer Questions

1. How many other children other than Billie Jo are in Billie Jo's family in the Beginning?

2. What do Daddy and Ma argue about?

3. What does Daddy feed Ma?

4. What does Billie Jo wish she could do in town?

5. What musical instrument does Billie Jo like?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Billie Jo's injuries treated?

2. Who is Livie?

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

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

5. What is the dust a metaphor for?

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

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

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

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

10. What is the significance of the snowfall in Autumn 1934?

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