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

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

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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

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

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

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

• her piano

• her hands

• her apron

• her apple tree

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

• Billie Jo

• Billie Jo's dad

• No one

• Polly

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

After overhearing the neighbor ladies discussing the accident, Billie Jo says "Under their words a finger pointed." What does she mean?

• she feels like they are blaming her for the fire

• she feels like they are mad at her dad

• she feels like they miss her mom

• she feels like they want her to move away

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

"I thought I might be swallowed by the heat, like the witch in 'Hansel and Gretel' (62)" is an example of

• A. similie

• B. personification

• C. Both of these

• D. None of these

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4