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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 the government do to help the farmers?
(a) Lends money
(b) Spreads water from a plane
(c) Hires workers
(d) Relocates them

2. Billie Jo feels _____________ in the presence of her father.
(a) Sad
(b) Alone
(c) Happy
(d) Nothing

3. What does Louise arrange in a bowl?
(a) Flowers
(b) Candles
(c) Peaches
(d) Apples

4. What item is not made for this year's Christmas dinner?
(a) Lemon pie
(b) Roast turkey
(c) Cranberry sauce
(d) Glazed ham

5. What does Billie Jo see along the tracks?
(a) Hobos
(b) Dogs
(c) Cattle
(d) Migrants

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of what disease does Pete Guyton, the produce man, die?

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

4. What does Billie Jo sense returning to the area?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Louise?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does the lack of a mother make Billie Jo unsure of how to manage her feelings about Mad Dog?

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

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

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