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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 does Billie Jo not want people to say about her?
(a) She plays like a cripple
(b) She has bad manners
(c) Her clothes are torn
(d) She is stupid

2. What do the ranchers collect in the spring to feed their cows?
(a) Soybeans
(b) Dandelions
(c) Ragweed
(d) Thistle

3. Who is Louise?
(a) Doc Rice's nurse
(b) Daddy's lady friend
(c) The new phone operator in town
(d) Billie Jo's aunt

4. The sheriff catches some men producing _________________ down by the river.
(a) Noise
(b) Marijuana
(c) Tobacco
(d) Moonshine

5. Who does Billie Jo have a crush on?
(a) Arlen
(b) Jerome
(c) Evan
(d) Mad Dog

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Billie Jo moves around in her bed?

2. Who shares the train car with Billie Jo?

3. What realization does Billie Jo come to while on the train?

4. What does Billie Jo's father have on his face?

5. What would Billie Jo like to see when she looks in the mirror?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Joe De La Flor and what hardship does he face regarding his cattle?

2. How does Billie Jo feel about the famous photographer who comes from Canada to take pictures of the dust bowl?

3. For what things is Billie Jo thankful on this Thanksgiving?

4. What does Billie Jo think her father is looking for when he looks at her?

5. What news does Mad Dog come to deliver to Billie Jo?

6. With whom does Billie Jo share a train car for a short while? Explain that experience and what it teaches Billie Jo.

7. Why are the migrant workers leaving the area in such large numbers?

8. What is the content of the letter Aunt Ellis sends to Billie Jo?

9. Who are the unexpected tenants of the schoolhouse for a couple weeks?

10. What does Billie Jo admit to herself about her mother's death, her father's indifference toward her and her need to escape this life?

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