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WorksheetsELA OUT OF THE DUST STUDY GUIDE
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 17mins
Billie Jo's father takes a job
Transporting crops to a neighboring community
Harvesting Wheat for other farmers
Digging ponds for the neighbors
Digging holes for the Power Company
"I hear the first drops,
Like the tapping of a stranger
at the door of a dream,...
It strokes the roof,
streaking the dusty tin,
pronging..." (104)
This quote contains
Simile and Personification
Simile and Metaphor
Personification and Verbal Irony
Verbal Irony and Simile
Who encourages Billie Jo to play the piano again?
Arley Wanderdale
Mad Dog
Coach Albright
Her father
"He said, 'I'm good at digging,' and everyone who knows about our hole knows he's telling the truth." What is Billie Jo referring to in this quote?
The pond that Billie Jo's father is digging in memory of her mother
The trench that Billie Jo's father had to build to save the wheat
The grave that Billie Jo's father had to dig for Billie Jo's mother and brother
The swimming pool Billie Jo's father had to dig for the school kids
Why does County Agent Dewey shoot and kill the cows?
They are starving
They are old
They have a disease
Their limbs are broken
Why do the paintings at the art exhibit mean so much to Billie Jo?
They represent a time when she could play the piano
They remind her of the times she used to visit the art exhibit with her mother
They represent a life outside of the dust bowl
They remind her of a time when her family had financial security
"Dust piles up like snow across the prairie, dunes leaning against fences, mountains of dust pushing over barns." What is the literary device?
Hyperbole
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Which of the following quotes best reveal the hope everyone feels by the end of "First Rain"?
"...free of the weight of dust."
"...the frail stalks revive..."
"And later, when the clouds lift..."
"...a concert of rain notes..."
What sport did Coach Albright ask Billie Jo to play?
Softball
Volleyball
Basketball
Soccer
While waiting for the baby to arrive, Billie Jo states, "I keep the kids out and listen behind me, praying for the sound of a baby crying out into this world..." What is the literary device used in this quote?
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
While waiting for the baby to arrive, Billie Jo states, "I keep the kids out and listen behind me, praying for the sound of a baby crying out into this world..." What does this quote reveal about Billie Jo?
The joy she feels anticipating the baby's arrival
The agony she feels while waiting for the baby
The indifference she displays about the baby's arrival
The anger she feels waiting for a baby that is not her brother
What did Billie Jo's father miss at Christmas?
Cranberry Sauce
Apple Sauce
Turkey
Moonshine
What made Billie Jo "forget the pain" in "Competition"?
Prize money
Arley Wanderdale's support
Her father's attendance
Applause
Who received "third prize" in "Competition"?
Mad Dog Craddock
Birdie Jasper
Billie Jo
Ben Grover
“I have a hunger, more than food. I have a hunger, bigger than Joyce City.” What is Billie Jo’s “hunger” in "Dreams"?
To play the piano in front of an audience again
To be able to talk to her mother again
To hold her baby brother, Franklin
To be able to talk freely with her father
After the baby is born, Billie Jo states, “And then the cry comes and I have to go away for a little while and just walk off the feelings.” What does this reveal about Billie Jo at this moment?
She is grieving for her own baby brother
She overcome with joy for the baby's arrival
She feels sad for the baby's mother because they can't afford to take care of the baby
She feels sad because she knows they will have to leave soon
"My father’s voice starts and stops, like a car short of gas, like an engine choked with dust, but then he clears his throat and the song starts up again.” What is the literary device used in this quote?
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Why did Ashby Durwin and Rush men have one half ton of sugar?
They were going to use it for the competition
They were delivering it to a local grocery store
They were making moonshine
They were going to bake for the kids at school
What did Sheriff Robertson do with the sugar?
It was donated to the school for baking
It was donated to designated families in need
It was donated to the homeless shelter
It was taken back to the police station
Billie Jo chooses to not use her ma's book of poetry as admission to the art exhibit because
It has been damaged in the fire
It was a precious momento of her mother's
Her father wouldn't let her
They would not accept it as a form of admission
"It isn't the work I hate, the knuckle-breaking work of beating mud out of every blessed thing, but every day my fingers and hands ache so bad. I think I should just let them rest, let the dust rest, let the world rest. But I can't leave it rest, on account of Ma haunting." What theme is developed in this passage?
Guilt
Isolation
Forgiveness
"Time to Go"
They left a couple of weeks after the baby came,
all of them crammed inside that rusty old truck.
I ran half a mile in their dust to catch them.
I didn't want to let that baby go.
"Wait for me," I cried,
choking on the cloud that rose behind them.
But they didn't hear me.
They were heading west.
And no one was looking back."
What does this passage reveal about Billie Jo?
She's become attached to the baby
She became attached to the baby's mother
She is jealous that they're heading west
She wishes someone would look back at her
Why doesn't Billie Jo want her father to attend night school?
She feels more isolated in his absence
She's unhappy that he will miss dinner
She doesn't want him to be around other women
She worries he will leave her one day
