Out of the Dust

What type of poetry does the author use to write this story? 

• Haiku
• Narrative
• Free verse
• Limerick 

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

What did Billie Jo want more than anything?

• to marry Mad Dog
• her dad to marry Louise
• to get out of the dust
• to play the piano

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Where did Pa meet Louise?

• At a funeral 
• In Town 
• At night school
• In a dust storm

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What instrument does Billie Jo play well?

• flute
• violin
• piano
• guitar 

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The main character is

• red-haired girl
• brown-haired girl
• black-haired girl
• blonde-haired girl

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Where does the story take place?

• Texas Panhandle
• Florida Panhandle
• Oklahoma Panhandle
• Illinois Panhandle

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How does Billie Jo's mother respond to Billie Jo doing well on the state tests?

• "I am so very surprised!"
• "Why didn't you do better?"
• "Let's go get ice cream!"
• "I knew you could."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who does Billie Jo look like?

• Daddy
• Ma
• Aunt Ellis
• Great Uncle Floyd

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

"My dazzling Ma, round and ripe and striped like a melon" is an example of...

• personification
• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

"Lightning danced down on its spindly legs" is an example of...

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3