Out of the Dust "Spring 1934" Quiz

When Billie Jo says that she hopes "we get bonus points for testing in a dust storm" (37), the reader can infer that

• A. Billie Jo is desperate to improve her grades

• B. Billie Jo is humorous

• C. Billie Jo and her dad share a personality trait

• D. Both B and C

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Billie Jo is glad when she hears that her family may get their bank money returned (38) because

• A. she wants to buy sheet music

• B. she knows they can now afford a doctor

• C. she wants to buy supplies

• D. Both B & C

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The poem title "Beat Wheat" (39) uses

• A. personification

• B. rhyme

• C. alliteration

• D. Both A and B

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Billie Jo escapes the worries of the dust storms (39) by

• A. singing

• B. studying

• C. doing chores

• D. playing piano

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Ma wants ___________ , but Daddy only seems interested in ___________(40).

• A. a pond, music

• B. wheat farming, a pond

• C. a pond, wheat farming

• D. a pond, a son

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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"Nothing needs more to drink than those two" (41) is how Daddy describes the apple trees. This is an example of

• A. personification

• B. rhyme

• C. simile

• D. metaphor

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When Billie Jo wonders, "And how much more is out there most everyone else has heard of except me?" (42), the reader can infer that

• A. she is angry

• B. she is feeling sorry for herself

• C. she is inquisitive

• D. she isn't learning enough at school

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Why does Karen Hesse describe the falling apple blossoms as "...a blizzard of sweet smelling flowers" (43)?

• A. to help the reader visualize them

• B. because the blossoms and snow blizzards are both white

• C. because the blossoms are falling like snowflakes

• D. all of these

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Why does Billie Jo say that the rain that came was no blessing? (46)

• A. It eroded the soil.

• B. It washed away the young wheat plants.

• C. It knocked many apples off of Ma's trees.

• D. All of these.

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What convinces Ma to allow Billie Jo to play with Arley Wanderdale's band? (49)

• A. Billie Jo manipulates her.

• B. Mad Dog talks to her ma for her.

• C. Billie Jo can earn a little money that way.

• D. Billie Jo's grades are so high that she earns the privilege.

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