Out of the Dust Quiz 1

Who does Billie Jo look like?

• Daddy
• Ma
• Aunt Ellis
• Great Uncle Floyd

Where is Livie and her family going?

• To visit her aunt in Texas
• To California
• To live with Livie's uncle
• To Arizona

Who is Arley Wanderdale?

• Her math teacher
• A local song plugger
• A singer
• Her music teacher

Where does Arley ask Billie Jo to play piano first?

• The President's Ball
• Sunny of Sunnyside
• The Palace Theater
• Madame Butterfly

The metaphor of being an old mule is used for which character?

• Ma
• Mad Dog
• Daddy
• Billie Jo

____________was known for poor money handling.

• Mr. De La Flor
• Mr. Kelby
• Mr. Hardly
• Mr. Wanderdale

Who could dazzle?

• Miss Freeland
• Billie Jo
• Daddy
• Ma

What makes Billie Jo "as foul as maggoty stew?"

• Mad Dog for knowing things she doesn't
• Ma not letting her miss school to play piano
• Daddy for making her drive the tractor
• Mr. Hardly giving her the wrong change

Ma suggests that daddy should....

• Dig a pond
• Plant cotton
• Plant sorghum
• All three

What does Ma nurse along through the drought?

• Her two apple trees
• The new baby
• The wheat growing in the field
• The piano