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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 has a reputation for cheating customers at his store?
(a) Mad Dog Craddock
(b) Arley Wanderdale
(c) Mr. Romney
(d) Mr. Hardly

2. Billie Jo says about her father that "If he had cried, his tears would have been __________ too, but he didn't cry."
(a) Dust
(b) Angry
(c) Mud
(d) Salty

3. What does Billie Jo call playing piano on stage?
(a) Nerve wracking
(b) Heaven
(c) Terrifying
(d) A one time thing

4. What does Billie Jo like to fall from the trees into her hair?
(a) Blossoms
(b) Buds
(c) Leaves
(d) Twigs

5. After the exhibit is over, Billie Jo is angry because ___________________________.
(a) She is on the clean-up crew
(b) None of her painting sold
(c) They didn't make enough money
(d) She can't see more art

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the girls at the show want to know about Mad Dog?

2. What can Billie Jo no longer tolerate?

3. Who has been Billie Jo's best friend since first grade?

4. Where does Daddy go to work?

5. What is Daddy's job?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Mad Dog say he got his nickname? What is his real name?

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

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

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

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