Out of the Dust - Summer/Autumn 1935

"But she's rock and dust and wind now, she's carved stone"

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

How does Billie Jo get "out of the dust"?

• She moves to California with Livie.

• She runs to Mad Dog's and lives there.

• She steals her father's car and leaves.

• She hops on a train and rides the rail west.

Billie Jo meets a man who has ....

• left his family in Kansas

• stolen all of her food and money

• left his family in California

"... my tongue thick with thirst..."

• personification

• hyperbole

• imagery

• alliteration

"He was like tumbleweed. Ma had been tumbleweed too.

• metaphor/simile

• simile/metaphor

• simile/hyperbole

• simile/personification

Billie Jo admits that even throughout their crisis, her father had kept a home but she had

• broken it

• fixed it all for him

After running away, Billie Jo realizes that getting away ...

• isn't any better. Just different and lonely.

• isn't any better. Just more freedom

• isn't any better. Just more complicated and confusing.

• is wonderful and made her feel carefree.

"But I can grow here, with a little rain, with a little care, with a little luck..."

• alliteration

• rhythm

• repetition

"But I can grow here, with a little rain, with a little care, with a little luck," means

• Billie Jo can thrive if her father gives her love and care.

• Billie Jo can thrive if she plays the piano.

• Billie Jo can thrive if she goes to school.

• Billie Jo can thrive if she marries Mad Dog.

Doc Rice tells Billie Jo to

• stop using her hands.

• go to a specialist.

• bake more often.

• use her hands.