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CREE Quiz with Out of the Dust

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the C stand for?

a)

Cause

b)

Claim

c)

Conjunction

d)

Complex

2.

What does the R stand for?

a)

Response

b)

Reply

c)

Review

d)

Reason

3.

What does the FIRST E stand for?

a)

Evidence

b)

Explain

c)

Ending

d)

Essay

4.

What does the SECOND E stand for?

a)

Evidence

b)

Explain

c)

Ending

d)

Essay

5.

When Billie Jo thinks of her best friend moving, she wonders "What kind of friend am I wishing my feet on that road instead of Livie's." (7).

a)

CLAIM

b)

REASON

c)

EVIDENCE

d)

EXPLANATION

6.

During the trials of the dust storms, Billie Jo wishes she were somewhere else.

a)

CLAIM

b)

REASON

c)

EVIDENCE

d)

EXPLANATION

7.

Billie Jo is tired of all the challenges she has had to face due to the drought and dust.

a)

CLAIM

b)

REASON

c)

EVIDENCE

d)

EXPLANATION

8.

Billie Jo's thoughts reveal she wishes she were moving to escape the dust that is taking over all aspects of her life.

a)

CLAIM

b)

REASON

c)

EVIDENCE

d)

EXPLANATION

9.

Choose all of the EVIDENCE sentence starters

a)

This proves

b)

According to the text

c)

The text states

d)

When ____ realizes ____, he/she says

e)

His/her thoughts reveal

10.

Choose all of the EXPLANATION sentence starters

a)

This proves

b)

According to the text

c)

The text states

d)

When ____ realizes ____, he/she says

e)

His/her thoughts reveal

11.

Which is the best CLAIM for the following prompt:

What is the tone in poem?

a)

In Out of the Dust, Billie Jo loves her family.

b)

In Out of the Dust, the speaker, Billie Jo, has a calm, straightforward tone in the poem "Beat Wheat".

c)

In Out of the Dust, Billie Joe is calm.

d)

The tone is calm.

12.

What is the best EVIDENCE to prove Billie Jo is hopeless?

a)

"One quarter of the wheat is gone"

b)

"The dust brought the rain that was no blessing"

c)

"I test my long fingers on the wild rhythms"

d)

"I know our future is drying up and blowing away with the dust"

13.

What is the best EXPLANATION?

Claim: Billie Jo is hopeless.

Evidence: "I know our future is drying up and blowing away with the dust".

a)

Billie Jo's thoughts reveal she understands just how bad things are for her and her family in the panhandle of Oklahoma, and she has no reason to be optimistic about what is to come.

b)

Billie Jo's thoughts show she knows the wheat is drying and the dust is blowing everything away.

c)

She is hopeless.

d)

Billie Jo's thoughts prove she is hopeless, but in other parts of the story she is hopeful for her mom's apple tree to bloom.

14.

How many pieces of EVIDENCE should you use in each paragraph?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

15.

What is a REASON Billie Jo plays the piano?

a)

Billie Jo likes the piano.

b)

Billie Jo and her Ma play piano.

c)

Billie Jo plays the piano to keep her mind off of the dust that has taken over every other aspect of her life.

d)

Billie Jo plays the piano to get out of cleaning the dust from their house and taking tests.