Out of the Dust - Spring 1934 & Summer 1934

Billie Jo's dad fought in what war (The Great War)?

• WW1

• WW2

• Spanish American War

• Civil War

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

"On Sunday, winds came, bringing a red dust like prairie fire, hot and peppery" is an example of a _________.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

How is Billie Jo earning money for her family?

• helping Mr. Hardly sweep his store

• playing piano in neighborhood towns

• selling milk and wheat to neighbors

• helping teach lessons

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

"My dazzling ma, round and striped like a melon" is an example of a:

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• idiom

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What happened in the poem titled "The Accident?"

• Billie Jo's dad got burned by kerosene left on the stove.

• A tipped-over candle starts a fire that burns Billie Jo and her mom.

• Billie Jo gets burned trying to put out the flames on her mom.

• Billie Jo accidentally sets the barn on fire.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What of Billie Jo's is harmed by the fire?

• her piano

• her hands

• her apron

• her apple tree

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What happened to Polly?

• She took Billie Jo to California.

• She died in a dust storm.

• She became a schoolteacher.

• She died from her injuries after the fire.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

What did they name the new baby?

• Franklin

• Delano

• Roosevelt

• Bayard

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CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

Who did it appear the neighbor women were blaming for the accident?

• Billie Jo

• Billie Jo's dad

• No one

• Polly

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

What does Billie Jo say she can never forgive her father for?

• leaving the kerosene by the stove

• spending emergency money

• digging the hole in the yard

• not moving away from the farm

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4