Out of the Dust Review

What did Billie Jo get Ma's permission to do?

• sing on the radio

• date Mad Dog Craddock

• play at the Palace

• visit Amarillo

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During the drought, Polly (Ma) thought Bayard (Daddy) should...

• plant apple trees.

• reseed the wheat.

• put in a pond.

• drill a new well.

How did the fire start in the kitchen?

• Ma poured kerosene near the stove because she thought it was water.

• Sparks from the kerosene lantern blew onto the kitchen curtains.

• Billie Jo spilled kerosene on the stove while trying to fill a lantern.

• Billie Jo spilled grease on the stove and on Ma's apron.

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Why didn't the coach mention that Billie Jo should play basketball?

• He knew Daddy needed her at home.

• She wasn't fast enough.

• She was too short.

• She had badly scarred hands.

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Billie Jo scrubbed the house and broke the mud despite her pain because...

• she felt Ma haunting her to get it done.

• Ma made her promise to take good care of the house.

• she couldn't stand looking at all the dirt.

• Daddy nagged her to be more like Ma.

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Billie Jo thought she could make people feel at ease with her again by...

• getting the top scores on the Oklahoma state tests.

• wearing long-sleeved dresses.

• winning the contest at the Palace Theater.

• wearing gloves on her hands.

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Through the mail, Billie Jo received an invitation to...

• appear in a feature story in the Toronto Star.

• attend a private school in Dallas.

• live with her aunt in Lubbock.

• play piano on the radio in Amarillo.

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Who came to visit Billie Jo and stayed for over an hour?

• Mrs. Love

• Arley Wanderdale

• Mad Dog Craddock

• Miss Freeland

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Why couldn't Billie Jo get out of the dust?

• She didn't know life any other way.

• The dust was "everywhere".

• The dust was "inside" her.

• The dust made her "stronger."

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What did Billie Jo like best about Louise?

• She never visited Ma and Franklin's grave.

• She made Daddy go to the doctor.

• She didn't tell Billie Jo what she should do.

• She didn't make Billie Jo do the house cleaning.

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