Out of the Dust Final Test + Vocabulary

Billie Jo's father took an extra job doing what?

• Running away in a boxcar

• Digging holes for the Power Company

• Riding a tractor

Causes of the dust bowl

• Rain

• Drought, too many years of growing wheat killed the sod, and strong winds

• Fire

If Arley thinks Billie Jo can play the piano again, why doesn't she try right away?

• She's afraid she will be terrible

• She knows she isn't good at it

• Her hands are stiff and still hurt when she tries to play piano

Who is president of the United States during the setting of this novel?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin Roosevelt

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Where does the story take place?

• Texas Panhandle
• Florida Panhandle
• Oklahoma Panhandle

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

What are traits of Billie Joe?

• Red head

• Skinny legged

• Like her dad

• All of the above

Who moves into the school?

• A. Livie and her family

• B. Billie Jo

• C. A migrant family

The birth of the migrant family's baby is different from Franklin's birth because

• A. the baby was a girl

• B. Franklin's birth was silent

• C. Both of these

Billie Jo does not approve of her father going to night school because

• A. it gives her more chores to do

• B. she doesn't want him spending time with the ladies

• she doesn't think he's smart enough

Louise

• Billie Jo's English Teacher
• music teacher
• taught night classes 
• Billie Jo's friend