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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) Baking
(c) Sewing
(d) Cooking

2. Why can the mail train not get through?
(a) The dust drifts the tracks like snow
(b) The rails are broken
(c) It is held up
(d) The engine fails

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

4. What does Billie Jo place over her nose to prevent breathing in the dust while she's in bed?
(a) Hat
(b) Hanky
(c) Wet cloth
(d) Scarf

5. Why is Mad Dog leaving?
(a) To sing on the radio
(b) To go to college
(c) To work on the railroad
(d) To work for the power company

Short Answer Questions

1. Billie Jo feels _____________ in the presence of her father.

2. What are the spots on Daddy's face?

3. What does Billie Jo find in a box of baby clothes?

4. To what event do Billie Jo and her father go all dressed up?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Louise?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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