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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 is Louise's best domestic skill?
(a) Canning
(b) Cooking
(c) Sewing
(d) Baking

2. In what city does Billie Jo get off the train?
(a) Flagstaff
(b) Tempe
(c) Tucson
(d) Phoenix

3. Ma used to arrange the items on the shelf _____________________.
(a) Above the piano
(b) In the pantry
(c) Over the stove
(d) On the porch

4. What do the thoughts of her mother prompt Billie Jo to do?
(a) Scrub the house
(b) Play the piano
(c) Mend Daddy's shirts
(d) Learn to bake

5. Who does Billie Jo call from the train station?
(a) Mr. Hardly
(b) Mad Dog
(c) Daddy
(d) Aunt Ellis

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sheriff give to Miss Freeland for the children?

2. How does Billie Jo view Louise's role in her life?

3. The sheriff catches some men producing _________________ down by the river.

4. What does Billie Jo finally realize about her father?

5. Why can the mail train not get through?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does fire seem to be an ever-present threat in Billie Jo's life?

2. How can something as normal as rain be viewed as special to Billie Jo and the people in town?

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

4. How do the children and the itinerant family interact with each other?

5. How did Billie Jo's time away change the relationship between her and her father?

6. How does Billie Jo block Louise's entry into a part of their lives?

7. What immediate plans to Billie Jo and Daddy make to begin healing?

8. Why is the lack of cranberry sauce such a poignant lack at Christmas dinner?

9. How does Billie Jo attempt to escape her life and the dust?

10. What is the bittersweet accomplishment Billie Jo makes at school?

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