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WorksheetsOut of the Dust
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 18mins
What did Billie Jo get Ma's permission to do?
date Mad Dog Craddock
visit Amarillo
sing on the radio
play at the palace
During the drought, Polly thought Bayard should---
plant apple trees
drill a new well
put in a pond
reseed the wheat
How did the fire start in the kitchen?
Ma poured kerosene near the stove because she thought it was water
Billie Jo spilled Kerosene on the stove while trying to fill a lantern
sparks from the kerosene lantern blew into the kitchen curtains
Billie Jo spilled grease on the stove and on Ma's apron
Why didn't the coach mention that Billie Jo should play basketball?
She wasn't fast enough
she was too short
He knew daddy needed her at home
She had badly scarred hands
Billie Jo scrubbed the house and broke the mud despite her pain because---
she couldn't stand looking at all the dirt
Ma made her promise to take good care of the house
Daddy nagged her to be more like Ma
she felt Ma haunting her to get it done
Billie Jo thought she could make people feel at ease with her again by---
wearing ling-sleeved dresses
getting the top scores on the Oklahoma state tests
winning the contest at the Palace Theatre
wearing gloved on her hands
Through the mail, Billie Jo received an invitation to---
appear in a feature story in the TORONTO STAR
play piano on the radio in Amarillo
attend a private school in Dallas
Live with her aunt in Lubbock
Who came to visit Billie jo and stayed over an hour?
Mrs. Love
Arley Wanderland
Mad Dog Craddock
Miss freeland
Why couldn't Billie Jo get out of the dust?
The dist was "everywhere"
she didn't know life any other way
the dust made her "stronger"
the dust was "inside" her
