Out of the Dust review~ Winter 1935

What does Billie Jo especially miss at Christmas?

• getting a present from her mother

• having mashed potatoes and gravy

• her mother's cranberry sauce

• playing the piano at church

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Billie Jo is said to be like her father in all of the following ways EXCEPT...

• They rub their eyes the same way.

• They don't talk much.

• They have the same long-legged walk.

• They sound the same when they sing.

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What does Billie Jo give to the family who stays at the schoolhouse?

• apple pandowdy

• a dollar

• Franklin's nighties

• her old harmonica

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What does the sheriff do with the moonshiners' confiscated sugar?

• gives it to Billie Jo

• gives it to Miss Freeland to back treats for the students

• has a town-wide party with lots of pies

• throws it away

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At the Joyce City competition, Billie Jo comes in...

• first place.

• second place.

• third place.

• last.

Where does Billie Jo's father go in the evenings?

• to work at a power plant

• to night school

• to his new girlfriend's house

• to a bar

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How did Pete Guymon die?

• dust pneumonia

• cancer

• car accident

• old age

When Billie Jo arrives home during the dust storm, where is her father?

• waiting for her

• in the barn

• out looking for her

• stuck at school

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Billie Jo says if her mother was still there, she...

• wouldn't be so eager to leave.

• would play the piano better.

• she would get along better with her father.

• would never wish for anything else.

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The overwhelming mood of this section of the book was...

• sadness

• hope

• happiness

• creepy

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