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WorksheetsDust Final
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 33mins
A character who changes significantly during the course of the story is called _____.
round
flat
static
dynamic
What started the fire at Billie Jo's house?
lightning
a pail of kerosene
a fire
a dust storm
What type of figurative language is:
"Sorrow climbs up our steps big as Texas...."
simile
idiom
metaphor
personification
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.....
metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia
alliteration
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
Ma
Miss Freeland
Mad Dog Craddock
Arley Wanderdale
The following character traits describe which person:
hard-working, silent, stubborn as sod, farmer
Billie Jo
Pa
Ma
Arley Wanderdale
The following character traits describe which person?
loves to play crazy piano, loves apples, smart student,
Livie Killian
Vera Wanderdale
Mad Dog
Billie Jo
Karen Hesse compares Billie Jo's pregnant ma to a melon and pear to help the reader
A. think about the apples that she planted
B. visualize her shape
C. understand that Ma is ready for the baby to arrive
D. None of these
Karen Hesse titles the poem about the fire "The Accident" to help the reader
A. know who to blame
B. know not to blame anyone
C. understand that it was intentional
D. None of these
"Ma make a rope of fire" (60) and "Ma was a column of fire" (61)are similar because
A. they are both metaphors
B. they both help the reader visualize the shape of the fire
Both of these
None of these
Billie Jo physically resembles her ______ but plays piano like her ________.
daddy, ma
ma, daddy
daddy, Arley Wanderdale
"...Great Uncle Floyd, old as ancient Indian bones, and mean as a rattler..." (5) is an example of
similes
metaphors
personification
