4. Which of the following is not something Billie Jo feels bitter about?
(a) The dust
(b) Her father's indifference
(c) Mad Dog's success
(d) Ma's death

5. Which of the following is not on Billie's Jo's list of things she is thankful for at Thanksgiving?
(a) Food without dust
(b) Textbooks
(c) Home
(d) Daddy's smile

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billie Jo think about as she sits in front of Ma's piano?

2. Who is Louise?

3. Why was Ma saving the dimes?

4. Who has moved into the schoolhouse?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. Who is Louise?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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