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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 the relationship between Billie Jo and Daddy?
(a) They avoid each other
(b) They spend as much time together as possible
(c) They are hostile
(d) They don't talk much

2. What do Daddy and Billie Jo keep from the two boxes of Ma's things?
(a) Almost everything
(b) Love letters
(c) Sheet music
(d) Family photos

3. How did Daddy meet Louise?
(a) She was Daddy's teacher in night school
(b) She worked at the phone company
(c) She worked at the grocer's
(d) She worked at the bank

4. What does the passenger take from Billie Jo when he leaves?
(a) Money
(b) Brochure
(c) Food
(d) Magazine

5. What is the content of the letter from Aunt Ellis?
(a) She invites Billie Jo and Daddy to come for a visit
(b) She wants Billie Jo to come live with her
(c) She informs Daddy of a relative's death
(d) She sends details about her will

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does Billie Jo get off the train?

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

3. What does Billie Jo place over her nose to prevent breathing in the dust while she's in bed?

4. Who is James Kingsbury?

5. What does Daddy do when a good rain comes following the snow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Billie Jo think about the dinosaur bones that are found in Oklahoma?

2. What are the circumstances around the black cloud on the way to the funeral?

3. How does Billie Jo finally come to terms with the dust and its full impact on her life?

4. Billie Jo has not taken any interest in cleaning the house until she sees someone else scrubbing hardened mud. What does this prompt Billie Jo to do and why does she feel haunted by Ma in her actions?

5. How does Billie Jo assign human characteristics to her piano?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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