WorksheetsOut of the Dust Chapters 1-5 review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
Biliie Jo is glad when she hears that her family may get their bank money returned (p38) because
she wants to buy sheet music
she knows they can now afford a doctor
she wants to buy supplies
Both B & C
The poem title "Beat Wheat" (39) uses
personification
(giving non-human things human like qualities)
rhyme
(words that end with the same or similar sounds)
alliteration (starting more than one word with the same first sound)
Both A and B
Ma wants ______, but Daddy only seems interested in _______ (40).
a pond, music
wheat farming, a pond
a pond, wheat farming
a pond, a son
"Nothing needs more to drink than those two" (41) is how Daddy describes the apple trees. This is an example of
personification
(giving a non-human thing human like qualities)
rhyme (words have the same or similar ending sound)
simile (a comparison using like or as)
metaphor (a comparison that does not use like or as)
Why does Karen Hesse describe the falling apple blossoms as "... a blizzard of sweet flowers" (43)?
to help the reader visualize them
because the blossoms and snow blizzards are both white
because blossoms are falling like snowflakes
all of these
Billie Jo's dad fought in what war (The Great War)? (p44)
WW1
WW2
Spanish American War
Civil War
"On Sunday, winds came, bringing a red dust like prairie fire, hot and peppery" is an example of a _________.
simile (comparison that uses like or as)
metaphor (comparison that does not use like or as)
personification (giving non-human things human like qualities)
alliteration (words by each other that start with the same sound)
How is Billie Jo earning money for her family?
helping Mr. Hardly sweep his store
playing piano in neighboring towns
selling milk and wheat to neighbors
helping teach lessons
What happened in the poem titled "The Accident?" (p60)
Billie Jo's dad got burned by kerosene left on the stove.
A tipped-over candle starts a fire that burns Billie Jo and her mom.
Billie Jo gets burned trying to put out the flames on her mom.
Billie Jo accidentally sets the barn on fire.
What does Billie Jo especially miss at Christmas?
getting a present from her mother
having mashed potatoes and gravy
her mother's cranberry sauce
playing the piano at church
.
Billie Jo is said to be like her father in all of the following ways EXCEPT... (p111-114)
They rub their eyes the same way
They don't talk much.
They have the same long-legged walk.
They sound the same when they sing.
What does the sheriff do with the moonshiners' confiscated sugar? (p125-126)
gives it to Billie Jo
gives it to Miss Freeland to back treats for the students
has a town-wide party with lots of pies
throws it away
At the Joyce City competition, Billie Jo comes in...
first place.
second place.
third place.
last.
Where does Billie Jo's father go in the evenings?
to work at a power plant
to night school
to his new girlfriend's house
to a bar
How did Pete Guymon die?
dust pneumonia
cancer
car accident
old age
The overwhelming tone of the chapter "Winter 1935" was...
sadness
hope
happiness
creepy
Billie Jo physically resembles her ______ but plays piano like her ________.
daddy, ma
ma, daddy
daddy, Arley Wanderdale
Because Billie Jo says, "I can handle myself most everywhere he puts me..." (4), the reader can infer that she is
honest and kind
envious of Livie
independent and reliable
Because Billie Jo does not buy sheet music with the extra change, the reader can infer that she is
rebellious
sneaky
trustworthy
Why do Ma's simple words, "I knew you could," (30) disappoint Billie Jo when she tell her about her test scores?
She is jealous of the baby.
She wants more praise.
Both A and B
