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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhy did daddy start digging a pond?for Mahe was boredjust becauasebecause Ma had wanted it
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat does President Roosevelt encourage people to plant in the dust bowl?TreeswildflowerssoybeansPrairie grass
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhere does Daddy go to work?The state govermentThe power companyMacy'sThe phone company
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat do the thoughts of her mother prompt Billie Jo to do?learn to bakeMend Daddy's shirtsPlay the pianoScrub the house
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhere does Daddy decide to go?Night schoolOregonChurchCalifornia
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhen Billie Jo enters the talent show, what place does she come in?4th place3rd place1st place5th place
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Billie Jo's father do to bring in extra money?bought a tow truckdug ponds for a livingexcavating for towersgrew corn
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Coach Albright encourage Billie Jo to do each autumn?play pianoplay basketballtake cooking lessonssing in the choir
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhen was the first time Billie Jo performed after the accident?the Dance Reviewthe President's Ballthe competition at the Palacethe Christmas Dinner
- 10. Multiple ChoiceHow does Mad Dog treat Billie Jo after the accident?he treats her like he always didhe stares at her handshe carries her bookshe blames her for her Ma's death
- 11. Multiple ChoiceMad Dog got his name because hebit everything and everyone when he was a babyhas a bad temperlikes dogsearned extra money by being a wrestler
- 12. Multiple ChoiceJoe DeLa Flor's cattlewere starvingwere fat and happyate rabbbitsgave milk for the school children
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Joe DeLa Flor feed his cattle?wheatpaperRussian Thistlerabbits
- 14. Multiple ChoiceAt the school Christmas Dinner, Billie Jo was afraid that she would be the onlymotherless girlred headperson who could not pay a dimegirl who could cook
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWho did Billie Jo want to tell the results of state testing to?her fatherMaDaddyFranklin
- 16. Multiple ChoiceBecause of the rain, ___ washed the mud off the steps.DaddyMaBillie JoMad Dog
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Oklahoma like when Hayden P. Nye first arrived there?there were wheat fields as far as the eye could seegrass, wild horses, and wolveswater flooded fieldslarge cities and factories
- 18. Multiple ChoiceAt Christmas, Billie Jo forgotto buy a gift for Franklinto get a Christmas Treeshe was supposed to eat Christmas Dinner with Miss Freelandcranberry sauce
- 19. Multiple ChoiceHow does Daddy show emotion?dirnkingsingingpreachingyelling
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWho is Billie Jo so much like?DaddyMaFranklinAunt Ellis
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Billie Jo surprised to hear at the President's Ball?her daddy laugh twicethe women talking about the accidentPresident Roosevelt was coming to townMad Dog singing
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat happened at the competition at the Palace?A rattlesnake got inArley Wanderdale wonMad Dog played the piano and Billie Jo sangBillie Jo won third place and got a ribbon and a dollar
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWho "haunts" Billie Jo until she cleans up the mud?Billie JoMaDaddyFranklin
- 24. Multiple ChoiceSheriff Robertson feels bad for the children, so herides them around in his squad cargives Miss Freeland sugar and tells her to bake for the childrenentertains themgives each child a pair of shoes
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat were the results of the state test?Everyone failedBillie Jo had to repeat the gradeThey were invalidThey were 24% higher than the state average
- 26. Multiple ChoiceAfter Billie Jo gives in and plays the piano at the school show, she says "But my hands are no good anymore, my playing's no good. Arley understands. I think. He won't ask again." The purpose of the author including this text is to show that Billie Jois feeling defeatedhas realistic expectationswill always be good friends with Arleyis not a good piano player
- 27. Multiple ChoiceIn the poem "Motherless," the terms "brittle and sharp" are used to describe Ma and life on the Panhandle. What two words below best replace "brittle and sharp" for clarity when describing both the Panhandle and Ma?rigid and harshbreakable and pointyyielding and loudweak and severe
- 28. Multiple ChoiceIn the poem "First Rain," which sentence best supports the idea that Billie Jo is grateful for the rain?"I can't bear to go through the schoolhouse door...""I button into my dress, slip on my sweater, and push my way off the porch...""I hear the first drops. Like the tapping of a stranger...""I tangle in the dusty sheets, sending sand flying..."
- 29. Multiple ChoiceBillie Jo states, "I figure if I practice enough I won't shame myself" in reference to the piano in the poem "Dreams." By using the word "shame," the author implies that Billie Jo feels ___ about her piano playing.proudindifferentpleasedembarrased
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the purpose of the first stanza in the poem
"The Competition"?
"I suppose everyone in Joyce City and beyond, all the way to Felt and Keyes and even Guymon, came to watch the talent show at the Palace Thursday night."to explain that the theater was fullto tell how far everyone had to travelto clarify that there aren't many opportunities for entertainment in the Panhandleto give readers the names of surrounding towns - 31. Multiple ChoiceBillie Jo's revelation that she "can't hardly stay in the same room with" a piano causes readers to infer thather father does not allow her to to near the pianothe family should sell the pianoshe piano no longer worksthe piano reminds her of her mother
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhen the author writes that the snow was "clinging to the earth," she is using an example ofpersonificationhyperbolesimilemetphor
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhen the author writes in the poem, "Almost Rain," that "the air felt thick," she most likely meansthe air was smokythe air felt humidthe air was warmthe air appeared dark
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhat upsets Billie Jo the most about her father being unable to tell her Mad Dog's real name?She really wants to know Mad Dog's real name.She realizes her father does not know many people.She knows her mother would have been able to tell her.She thinks that Mad Dog was lying about how he got his nickname.
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhy does the author most likely go into detail about what Joe DeLa Flor's suffering cows look like?to show what a bad caretaker Joe DeLa Flor isto show who unfair the government is taking themto show how the dust storm conditions are impacting animalsto show that people are neglecting their animals
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