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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. Arley thinks that Billie Jo can ___________________________.
(a) Go to college on a scholarship
(b) Learn to cook
(c) Be anything she wants to be
(d) Play piano again if she tries

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

3. How is Daddy going to get help with the farm?
(a) Better seeds
(b) A new tractor
(c) A new partner
(d) A government loan

4. How many trees are in Billie Jo's front yard?
(a) 6
(b) 2
(c) 9
(d) 3

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ma start to teach Billie Jo how to play the piano?

2. What type of trees are in Billie Jo's front yard?

3. How many times does Billie Jo attend the event at the courthouse?

4. What does Billie Jo hunger for in her life?

5. What does Billie Jo call her father since Ma's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Billie Jo? What does she like? Where does she live and who is her family?

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

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

5. What is the irony of Ma not liking Billie Jo to play the piano?

6. What does Daddy do for work since the wheat crop is failing?

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

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

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

10. What is the dust a metaphor for?

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