Out of the Dust Winter 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

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

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.

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

• her piano

• her hands

• her apron

• her apple tree

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.

What did they name the new baby?

• Franklin

• Delano

• Roosevelt

• Bayard

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

• Billie Jo

• Billie Jo's dad

• No one

• Polly

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