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WorksheetsOut of the Dust Autumn 1934/Winter 1935
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why did daddy start digging a pond?
a)
for Ma
b)
he was bored
c)
just becauase
d)
because Ma had wanted it
2.
What does President Roosevelt encourage people to plant in the dust bowl?
a)
Trees
b)
wildflowers
c)
soybeans
d)
Prairie grass
3.
Where does Daddy go to work?
a)
The state goverment
b)
The power company
c)
Macy's
d)
The phone company
4.
What do the thoughts of her mother prompt Billie Jo to do?
a)
learn to bake
b)
Mend Daddy's shirts
c)
Play the piano
d)
Scrub the house
5.
Where does Daddy decide to go?
a)
Night school
b)
Oregon
c)
Church
d)
California
6.
When Billie Jo enters the talent show, what place does she come in?
a)
4th place
b)
3rd place
c)
1st place
d)
5th place
7.
What did Billie Jo's father do to bring in extra money?
a)
bought a tow truck
b)
dug ponds for a living
c)
excavating for towers
d)
grew corn
8.
What did Coach Albright encourage Billie Jo to do each autumn?
a)
play piano
b)
play basketball
c)
take cooking lessons
d)
sing in the choir
9.
When was the first time Billie Jo performed after the accident?
a)
the Dance Review
b)
the President's Ball
c)
the competition at the Palace
d)
the Christmas Dinner
10.
How does Mad Dog treat Billie Jo after the accident?
a)
he treats her like he always did
b)
he stares at her hands
c)
he carries her books
d)
he blames her for her Ma's death
11.
Mad Dog got his name because he
a)
bit everything and everyone when he was a baby
b)
has a bad temper
c)
likes dogs
d)
earned extra money by being a wrestler
12.
Joe DeLa Flor's cattle
a)
were starving
b)
were fat and happy
c)
ate rabbbits
d)
gave milk for the school children
13.
What did Joe DeLa Flor feed his cattle?
a)
wheat
b)
paper
c)
Russian Thistle
d)
rabbits
14.
At the school Christmas Dinner, Billie Jo was afraid that she would be the only
a)
motherless girl
b)
red head
c)
person who could not pay a dime
d)
girl who could cook
15.
Who did Billie Jo want to tell the results of state testing to?
a)
her father
b)
Ma
c)
Daddy
d)
Franklin
16.
Because of the rain, ___ washed the mud off the steps.
a)
Daddy
b)
Ma
c)
Billie Jo
d)
Mad Dog
17.
What was Oklahoma like when Hayden P. Nye first arrived there?
a)
there were wheat fields as far as the eye could see
b)
grass, wild horses, and wolves
c)
water flooded fields
d)
large cities and factories
18.
At Christmas, Billie Jo forgot
a)
to buy a gift for Franklin
b)
to get a Christmas Tree
c)
she was supposed to eat Christmas Dinner with Miss Freeland
d)
cranberry sauce
19.
How does Daddy show emotion?
a)
dirnking
b)
singing
c)
preaching
d)
yelling
20.
Who is Billie Jo so much like?
a)
Daddy
b)
Ma
c)
Franklin
d)
Aunt Ellis
21.
What was Billie Jo surprised to hear at the President's Ball?
a)
her daddy laugh twice
b)
the women talking about the accident
c)
President Roosevelt was coming to town
d)
Mad Dog singing
22.
What happened at the competition at the Palace?
a)
A rattlesnake got in
b)
Arley Wanderdale won
c)
Mad Dog played the piano and Billie Jo sang
d)
Billie Jo won third place and got a ribbon and a dollar
23.
Who "haunts" Billie Jo until she cleans up the mud?
a)
Billie Jo
b)
Ma
c)
Daddy
d)
Franklin
24.
Sheriff Robertson feels bad for the children, so he
a)
rides them around in his squad car
b)
gives Miss Freeland sugar and tells her to bake for the children
c)
entertains them
d)
gives each child a pair of shoes
25.
What were the results of the state test?
a)
Everyone failed
b)
Billie Jo had to repeat the grade
c)
They were invalid
d)
They were 24% higher than the state average
26.
After Billie Jo gives in and plays the piano at the school show, she says "But my hands are no good anymore, my playing's no good. Arley understands. I think. He won't ask again." The purpose of the author including this text is to show that Billie Jo
a)
is feeling defeated
b)
has realistic expectations
c)
will always be good friends with Arley
d)
is not a good piano player
27.
In the poem "Motherless," the terms "brittle and sharp" are used to describe Ma and life on the Panhandle. What two words below best replace "brittle and sharp" for clarity when describing both the Panhandle and Ma?
a)
rigid and harsh
b)
breakable and pointy
c)
yielding and loud
d)
weak and severe
28.
In the poem "First Rain," which sentence best supports the idea that Billie Jo is grateful for the rain?
a)
"I can't bear to go through the schoolhouse door..."
b)
"I button into my dress, slip on my sweater, and push my way off the porch..."
c)
"I hear the first drops. Like the tapping of a stranger..."
d)
"I tangle in the dusty sheets, sending sand flying..."
29.
Billie Jo states, "I figure if I practice enough I won't shame myself" in reference to the piano in the poem "Dreams." By using the word "shame," the author implies that Billie Jo feels ___ about her piano playing.
a)
proud
b)
indifferent
c)
pleased
d)
embarrased
30.
What is the purpose of the first stanza in the poem
"The Competition"?
"I suppose everyone in Joyce City and beyond, all the way to Felt and Keyes and even Guymon, came to watch the talent show at the Palace Thursday night."
"The Competition"?
"I suppose everyone in Joyce City and beyond, all the way to Felt and Keyes and even Guymon, came to watch the talent show at the Palace Thursday night."
a)
to explain that the theater was full
b)
to tell how far everyone had to travel
c)
to clarify that there aren't many opportunities for entertainment in the Panhandle
d)
to give readers the names of surrounding towns
31.
Billie Jo's revelation that she "can't hardly stay in the same room with" a piano causes readers to infer that
a)
her father does not allow her to to near the piano
b)
the family should sell the piano
c)
she piano no longer works
d)
the piano reminds her of her mother
32.
When the author writes that the snow was "clinging to the earth," she is using an example of
a)
personification
b)
hyperbole
c)
simile
d)
metphor
33.
When the author writes in the poem, "Almost Rain," that "the air felt thick," she most likely means
a)
the air was smoky
b)
the air felt humid
c)
the air was warm
d)
the air appeared dark
34.
What upsets Billie Jo the most about her father being unable to tell her Mad Dog's real name?
a)
She really wants to know Mad Dog's real name.
b)
She realizes her father does not know many people.
c)
She knows her mother would have been able to tell her.
d)
She thinks that Mad Dog was lying about how he got his nickname.
35.
Why does the author most likely go into detail about what Joe DeLa Flor's suffering cows look like?
a)
to show what a bad caretaker Joe DeLa Flor is
b)
to show who unfair the government is taking them
c)
to show how the dust storm conditions are impacting animals
d)
to show that people are neglecting their animals
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