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

C. Billie Jo and her dad share a personality trait

The text states that Ma says Great-uncle Floyd is as "mean as a rattler" to insinuate

that he has a nasty personality

when he yells he hisses like a snake

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

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

Her Ma thinks Billie Jo's teachers should teach more about animals.

Her Ma is confused and unaware of what kids in school are learning about.

Her Ma thinks Billie Jo should have homework every night of the week.

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

Why is Billie Jo grateful for Mad Dog?

He looks at her like she is someone he knows, not a motherless girl with deformed hands.

He comes over to spend some time with Billie Jo.

He gets her a piano gig to earn money for her and pa.

He takes her to the doctor so she can get medicine for her hands.

What two things are being compared in this simile, "I hear the first drops. Like the tapping of a stranger at the door of a dream."

rain drops and tapping on a door

What is meant by this quote, "Tonight, for a little while in the bright hall folks were almost free"?

The people were having so much fun that they felt free because they forgot about all of their worries of the dust and debt.

The people were allowed to leave their homes after the long dust storm.

Billie Jo and pa felt free because they won money at the party.

Billie Jo and pa were given some food to take home so they felt free of worrying about getting food.

What was one HUMAN cause of "the Dust Bowl"?

ALL of these were human causes of "the Dust Bowl"

plowing up millions of acres of grass to plant wheat

allowing cattle to overgraze the midwestern U.S.

overproduction of cotton and wheat crops

What conflict arises for school age children due to the setting of the novel?

Children must find a way to concentrate on test during the storms.

The dust storm causes schools to close.

State tests are postponed because of the storms.

The children do not have a teacher because she can't travel due to the storms.

County Agent Dewey describes the wheat that remains after the dust storms have come through as "little more than a wisp of what is should be." By using the word "wisp", the author aims to

Communicate just how little wheat is actually left.

Imply that the farmers are to blame for not planting enough.

Suggest that the wheat was softly blowing in the wind now.

Explain that everyone expected more wheat to survive.

In "Scrubbing Up Dust," why does Billie say she can't let things "rest" because of Ma haunting?

She knows she should "do right" by her ma by doing chores

She feels like Ma's ghost follows her around

She is considering ending her life to join Ma

In "The President's Ball," why does the author repeat "almost free of..." at the end?

To emphasize that people can still have fun and be hopeful

To show that the Dust Bowl and depression are almost over

Out of the Dust

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English

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7th - 9th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS

RL.8.3, RL.7.10, RL.8.5

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Billie Jo used to earn money?

signing

playing piano

working on the farm

tutoring

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What time period does the story take place?

Mid-1930s

Mid-1980s

Mid-2000s

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to Billie Jo’s hands?

she cuts them

a fire

she gets frostbite

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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How did Billie Jo used to earn money?

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

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

What time period does the story take place?

What happens to Billie Jo’s hands?

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

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

What format does the author use to write this story?

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

The poem title "Beat Wheat" uses

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