Out of the Dust Chapters 1-5 review

Biliie Jo is glad when she hears that her family may get their bank money returned (p38) because

• she wants to buy sheet music

• she knows they can now afford a doctor

• she wants to buy supplies

• Both B & C

The poem title "Beat Wheat" (39) uses

• personification

  (giving non-human things human like qualities)

• rhyme

  (words that end with the same or similar sounds)

• alliteration (starting more than one word with the same first sound)

• Both A and B

Ma wants ______, but Daddy only seems interested in _______ (40).

• a pond, music

• wheat farming, a pond

• a pond, wheat farming

• a pond, a son

"Nothing needs more to drink than those two" (41) is how Daddy describes the apple trees. This is an example of

• personification

  (giving a non-human thing human like qualities)

• rhyme (words have the same or similar ending sound)

• simile (a comparison using like or as)

• metaphor (a comparison that does not use like or as)

Why does Karen Hesse describe the falling apple blossoms as "... a blizzard of sweet flowers" (43)?

• to help the reader visualize them

• because the blossoms and snow blizzards are both white

• because blossoms are falling like snowflakes

• all of these

Billie Jo's dad fought in what war (The Great War)? (p44)

• WW1

• WW2

• Spanish American War

• Civil War

"On Sunday, winds came, bringing a red dust like prairie fire, hot and peppery" is an example of a _________.

• simile (comparison that uses like or as)

• metaphor (comparison that does not use like or as)

• personification (giving non-human things human like qualities)

• alliteration (words by each other that start with the same sound)

How is Billie Jo earning money for her family?

• helping Mr. Hardly sweep his store

• playing piano in neighboring towns

• selling milk and wheat to neighbors

• helping teach lessons

What happened in the poem titled "The Accident?" (p60)

• Billie Jo's dad got burned by kerosene left on the stove.

• A tipped-over candle starts a fire that burns Billie Jo and her mom.

• Billie Jo gets burned trying to put out the flames on her mom.

• Billie Jo accidentally sets the barn on fire.

What does Billie Jo especially miss at Christmas?

• getting a present from her mother

• having mashed potatoes and gravy

• her mother's cranberry sauce

• playing the piano at church