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

B. she is feeling sorry for herself

D. she isn't learning enough at school

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

B. It washed away the young wheat plants.

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

The man on the train takes Billie Jo's ____ and leaves ____.

biscuits, a picture of his family

What does Daddy promise to do?

Plant flowers on Ma and Franklin's grave

What happens as Billie Jo and Daddy walk home?

Billie Jo forgives Pa for the pail of kerosene and herself for all the rest.

They cry together over losing Ma and Franklin.

They make plans to move out of the dust.

Billie Jo describes the homeless man on the train and her mother like “tumbleweed” in order to...

B. show that they were never meant to stay in one place

A. show how dirty they are/were

C. say that they belong in the west

D. say that they were so frail they could have literally blown away

Which sentence best hints at why Billie Jo decides to go back home after running away?

D. “My father stayed rooted, even with my tests and my temper, even with the double sorrow of his grief and my own, he had kept a home until I broke it.”

A. “On the back of the photograph, in pencil, was the address of his family in Moline, Kansas. First chance, I’d send the picture back, let his wife know he was still alive.”

B. “Maybe the photograph was left in trade for the biscuits, maybe it was a birthday gift, the one thing he had left to give.”

C. “My father was more like the sod. Steady, silent, and deep. Holding on to life, with reserves underneath to sustain him, and me, and anyone else who came near.”

How does Billie Jo change as a result of running away?

A. She learns to open up and be honest with her father about her fears.

B. She is taller and demands to be treated like an adult.

C. She takes charge and tells her father he is no longer running the household.

D. She has the courage to tell Arley Wanderdale how she really feels about him.

When Mr. Kelby tells Billie Jo about his childhood he says, ‘I wasn’t always sure about the wheat, about the land, about life in the Panhandle. I dreamed of running off too, though I never did. I didn’t have half your sauce, Billie Jo,’ what can you infer from this statement?

B. Mr. Kelby thinks he and Billie Jo are a lot alike and admires her courage to leave the only home she ever knew.

A. Mr. Kelby thinks he and Billie Jo are nothing alike and he is angry that she tried to run away.

C. Mr. Kelby thinks he and Billie Jo are nothing alike, but he admires her courage to leave the only home she ever knew.

D. Mr. Kelby thinks he and Billie Jo are a lot alike, but is angry that she tried to run away.

Louise tells Billie Jo that “...she knew Daddy and I had a history before her, and she wished she’d been there for the whole thing, but she wasn’t and there wasn’t anything to do but get over it and get on.” Why did Louise say this to her?

C. to show Billie Jo she respects the Kelbys’ history, but knows there is nothing she can do to change the awful things that happened to them and can only help them move forward now

A. to show Billie Jo she doesn’t care about the past and wants to replace Mrs. Kelby as Billie Jo’s mother

B. to show Billie Jo she wishes Mr. Kelby had married her instead of Ma because she would have been a better wife and mother

D. to show Billie Jo she doesn’t have time to dwell on the past, so she is going to try to help Billie Jo and Mr. Kelby forget all that they’ve lost

Where doesn’t Billie Jo want Louise to go?

D. out to Ma and Franklin’s grave

What about Louise makes Billie Jo feel comfortable?

A. She listens well and doesn’t tell Billie Jo what to do.

B. She leaves Billie Jo alone and doesn’t come around much.

C. She gives Billie Jo her space and doesn’t invade her privacy.

D. She cooks dinner for Billie Jo and makes her father help around the house.

Mad Dog got his name because he

bit everything and everyone when he was a baby

earned extra money by being a wrestler

At the school Christmas Dinner, Billie Jo was afraid that she would be the only

person who could not pay a dime

Why does Billy Jo decide to return home after running away?

She realizes Oklahoma is "home" to her

How does Billy Jo feel about Louise?

She likes her because she is nice and funny

She sees her as Ma's replacement

She thinks she is a mean and nasty person

Billie's friend who moved to California

The girl Billie meets on the train

Out of the Dust

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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From whose perspective is the story told?

Mr. Kelby

the narrator

Billie Jo

Mama

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

have all learned how to carve wood

all know how to play a new instrument

are so hungry that they eat all meat down to the bone

are so hungry that their bodies are getting very thin

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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What format does the author use to write this story?

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What did Billie Jo want more than anything?

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

Billie Jo escapes the worries of the dust storms by

Ma wants _ , but Daddy only seems interested in _.

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

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

Who blames Billie Jo for Ma's death?

What format does the author use to write this story?

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What did Billie Jo want more than anything?

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

Billie Jo escapes the worries of the dust storms by

Ma wants ___________ , but Daddy only seems interested in ___________.

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