"Winter 1934"

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Why does Billie Jo's father treat her like a boy?

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He always wanted a son.

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The text states that Ma says Great-Uncle Floyd is as “mean as a rattler” to insinuate

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that he has a nasty personality.

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When Billie Jo explains she has “a hunger for playing fierce piano,” she means

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she strives to be an amazing pianist.

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Inference from Billie Jo's statement: "I hollared myself red the day I was born. Red's the color I've stayed ever since."

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Billie Jo's skin and hair are red.

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From whose perspective is the story being told?

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Billie Jo

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Billie Jo compares her Ma to an “old mule on the subject of school.” What does she mean by this?

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Her Ma is stubborn and doesn’t like her playing the piano on a school night.

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Mr. Hardly is described as a man known for "charging too much for his stale food, and he made bad change when he could get away with it." Which two character traits describe him best?

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cheating/greedy

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Who is president of the United States during the setting of this novel?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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How long did the drought last before the rain came in February of 1934?

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seventy days

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Billie Jo writes, “and we were all whittled down to the bone these days,” meaning that they

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are so hungry that their bodies are getting very thin.