Out of the Dust Final Test + Vocabulary

Billie Jo's father took an extra job doing what?

• Running away in a boxcar

• Digging holes for the Power Company

• Riding a tractor

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Causes of the dust bowl

• Rain

• Drought, too many years of growing wheat killed the sod, and strong winds

• Fire

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

If Arley thinks Billie Jo can play the piano again, why doesn't she try right away?

• She's afraid she will be terrible

• She knows she isn't good at it

• Her hands are stiff and still hurt when she tries to play piano

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Who is president of the United States during the setting of this novel?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin Roosevelt

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Where does the story take place?

• Texas Panhandle
• Florida Panhandle
• Oklahoma Panhandle

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

What are traits of Billie Joe?

• Red head

• Skinny legged

• Like her dad

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who moves into the school?

• A. Livie and her family

• B. Billie Jo

• C. A migrant family

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

The birth of the migrant family's baby is different from Franklin's birth because

• A. the baby was a girl

• B. Franklin's birth was silent

• C. Both of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Billie Jo does not approve of her father going to night school because

• A. it gives her more chores to do

• B. she doesn't want him spending time with the ladies

• she doesn't think he's smart enough

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Louise

• Billie Jo's English Teacher
• music teacher
• taught night classes 
• Billie Jo's friend

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3