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Dust Final

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
From the selection below, choose the two women who influenced Billie Jo the most.
a)
her mom and Miss Freeland
b)
her mom and her aunt
c)
the migrant lady and Miss Freeland
d)
No one influenced her
2.
What format does the author use to write this story? 
a)
monologue
b)
short story 
c)
poetry
d)
letter
3.

A character who changes significantly during the course of the story is called _____.

a)

round

b)

flat

c)

static

d)

dynamic

4.
character wrestling with himself internally
a)
man vs. man
b)
man vs. self
c)
man vs. nature
d)
man vs. society
5.
What is the Point of View in Out of the Dust?
a)
1st person
b)
3rd person limited
c)
3rd person omniscient 
d)
2nd person
6.

What started the fire at Billie Jo's house?

a)

lightning

b)

a pail of kerosene

c)

a fire

d)

a dust storm

7.

What type of figurative language is:

"Sorrow climbs up our steps big as Texas...."

a)

simile

b)

idiom

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

8.

What type of figurative language is the following:

I hear the first drops. Like the tapping of a stranger at the door of a dream.....

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

alliteration

9.

The following character traits describe which character:

encourages Billie Jo to start playing the piano again, comes to school to teach music, travels with a band

a)

Ma

b)

Miss Freeland

c)

Mad Dog Craddock

d)

Arley Wanderdale

10.

The following character traits describe which person:

hard-working, silent, stubborn as sod, farmer

a)

Billie Jo

b)

Pa

c)

Ma

d)

Arley Wanderdale

11.

The following character traits describe which person?

loves to play crazy piano, loves apples, smart student,

a)

Livie Killian

b)

Vera Wanderdale

c)

Mad Dog

d)

Billie Jo

12.
Billie Jo burns...
a)
her neck
b)
her foot
c)
her hands
d)
all of the above
13.
How old is the narrator?
a)
4
b)
18
c)
11
d)
14
14.
Billie Jo's dad wanted....
a)
a mule
b)
a son
c)
a better set of tools to fix the car
d)
a BREATH MINT!
15.
Billie Jo's dad plants...
a)
wheat
b)
weat
c)
sugar
d)
sorghum
16.

Karen Hesse compares Billie Jo's pregnant ma to a melon and pear to help the reader

a)

A. think about the apples that she planted

b)

B. visualize her shape

c)

C. understand that Ma is ready for the baby to arrive

d)

D. None of these

17.

Karen Hesse titles the poem about the fire "The Accident" to help the reader

a)

A. know who to blame

b)

B. know not to blame anyone

c)

C. understand that it was intentional

d)

D. None of these

18.

"Ma make a rope of fire" (60) and "Ma was a column of fire" (61)are similar because

a)

A. they are both metaphors

b)

B. they both help the reader visualize the shape of the fire

c)

Both of these

d)

None of these

19.

Billie Jo physically resembles her ______ but plays piano like her ________.

a)

daddy, ma

b)

ma, daddy

c)

daddy, Arley Wanderdale

20.

"...Great Uncle Floyd, old as ancient Indian bones, and mean as a rattler..." (5) is an example of

a)

similes

b)

metaphors

c)

personification