Out of the Dust

How did Billie Jo used to earn money?

• signing

• playing piano

• working on the farm

• tutoring

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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

• 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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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

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

• 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.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What time period does the story take place?

• Mid-1930s
• Mid-1980s
• Mid-2000s

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What happens to Billie Jo’s hands?

• she cuts them
• a fire
• she gets frostbite

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Billie Jo writes, "I hollared myself red the day I was born. Red's the color I've stayed ever since." A reasonable inference from this statement is

• Billie Jo's skin and hair are red

• Billie Jo always seems unhappy about something.

• Billie Jo likes the color red.

• Billie Jo has a very loud voice.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

From the selection below, choose the two women who influenced Billie Jo the most.

• her mom and Miss Freeland
• her mom and her aunt
• the migrant lady and Miss Freeland
• No one influenced her

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What format does the author use to write this story? 

• monologue
• short story 
• poetry
• letter

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

The poem title "Beat Wheat" uses

• A. personification

• B. rhyme

• C. alliteration

• D. Both A and B

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10