Out of the Dust

What did Billie Jo get Ma's permission to do?

• date Mad Dog Craddock

• visit Amarillo

• sing on the radio

• play at the palace

During the drought, Polly thought Bayard should---

• plant apple trees

• drill a new well

• put in a pond

• reseed the wheat

How did the fire start in the kitchen?

• Ma poured kerosene near the stove because she thought it was water

• Billie Jo spilled Kerosene on the stove while trying to fill a lantern

• sparks from the kerosene lantern blew into the kitchen curtains

• Billie Jo spilled grease on the stove and on Ma's apron

Why didn't the coach mention that Billie Jo should play basketball?

• She wasn't fast enough

• she was too short

• He knew daddy needed her at home

• She had badly scarred hands

Billie Jo scrubbed the house and broke the mud despite her pain because---

• she couldn't stand looking at all the dirt

• Ma made her promise to take good care of the house

• Daddy nagged her to be more like Ma

• she felt Ma haunting her to get it done

Billie Jo thought she could make people feel at ease with her again by---

• wearing ling-sleeved dresses

• getting the top scores on the Oklahoma state tests

• winning the contest at the Palace Theatre

• wearing gloved on her hands

Through the mail, Billie Jo received an invitation to---

• appear in a feature story in the TORONTO STAR

• play piano on the radio in Amarillo

• attend a private school in Dallas

• Live with her aunt in Lubbock

Who came to visit Billie jo and stayed over an hour?

• Mrs. Love

• Arley Wanderland

• Mad Dog Craddock

• Miss freeland

Why couldn't Billie Jo get out of the dust?

• The dist was "everywhere"

• she didn't know life any other way

• the dust made her "stronger"

• the dust was "inside" her