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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. After Mad Dog's performance, Billie Jo knows that he ________________________.
(a) Will never return to this town
(b) Will be changing careers
(c) Is master of his own future
(d) Will be coming home soon

2. Where does Daddy decide to go?
(a) Church
(b) Night school
(c) Oregon
(d) California

3. With whom does Billie Jo want to leave town?
(a) The live-in family
(b) The Tyler family
(c) Mad Dog
(d) Miss Freeland

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

5. What does Billie Jo think about as she sits in front of Ma's piano?
(a) Livie's laughter
(b) Mad Dog's success
(c) A song for babies
(d) Ma's playing

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Billie Jo feel now about her mother's death?

2. What makes the people of Oklahoma begin to think that the dust plague might be over?

3. Why can the mail train not get through?

4. Which of the following is not on Billie's Jo's list of things she is thankful for at Thanksgiving?

5. Who does Billie Jo have a crush on?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. With whom does Billie Jo share a train car for a short while? Explain that experience and what it teaches Billie Jo.

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

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

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

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

10. How does Doc Rice treat both Daddy and Billie Jo?

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