Summer 1934 Out of the Dust

Why did the boy walk to Billie Jo's house in Wild Boy on the Road?

• he needed food and a shower

• he wanted money

• he wanted to join the family

• he was offering Billie Jo a ride on his four- wheeler

Daddy most likely spends the family's emergency money "Drinking" because..

• His is having trouble handling the emotions he is feeling concerning the accident.

• He didn't know it was the family's emergency money.

• He know he can always make more money.

• To punish Billie Jo

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.W.5.9A

What happens when Aunt Ellis arrives?

• She takes Billie Jo's brother to raise him

• She interrupts Ma's funeral

• She insists that Bill Jo come live with her

• She realizes the baby is dead and leaves

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CCSS.RL.5.1

What does Billie Jo name her brother? Why?

• Bayard after their dad

• Paul after their mother

• Franklin after the president

• Billy because that was the boy name Daddy had chosen

Who does Billie Jo blame for the accident?

• Her dad

• her mom

• herself

• her dad and herself

Who does the neighbor women blame for the accident?

• Daddy

• Billie Jo

• Both

• Franklin

Can Billie Jo escape the pain of losing her mother by playing the piano?

• yes

• no

What is the one thing Billie Jo can't seem to forgive her father for?

• spending the evening in Guymon when Ma was suffereing

• leaving the pail of kerosene by the stove

• taking Ma's money

• digging the hole

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.W.5.9A

Billie Jo and Pa celebrated Billie Jo's birthday with cake.

• true

• false

Which line below sets the tone for how Billie Jo feels about her father.

• my father just stood in the doorway and watched me leave

• I kept promising to go through the boxes with ma

• I think he is digging the pond to feed off the windmill

• My father will stay no matter what