Out of the Dust final test

What two things are being compared in the following simile?

"On Sunday/winds came/bringing a red dust/like prairie fire"

• dust and fire

• fire and winds

• winds and dust

• prairie and fire

What is the meaning of the following simile?

"It wasn't until the dust turned toward the house/like a fired locomotive/and I fled/barefoot and breathless, back inside"

• It means the dust came toward the house very forcefully

• It means the dust blew gently toward the house

• It means the dust was in the shape of a train as it blew toward the house

• It means the train conductor blew his horn as a warning the dust was coming

What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

"It wasn't until the dust/hissed against the windows"

• personification

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

Match the following

• Imagery

• Gives human qualities to non-human things or animals

• Simile

• Compares two unlike things but does not use like or as

• Metaphor

• Compares two unlike things but does use like or as

• Personification

• Uses the 5 senses to paint a picture in the readers mind

How does the poet use personification in the following lines?

"The night sky kept flashing/lightening danced down on its spindly legs"

• The poet gives lightening human qualities to show how the lightening was striking all around her

• The poet gives the night human qualities to show how dark the sky looked

• The poet gives the legs human qualities to show how they were dancing

• The poet gives the sky human qualities to show how beautiful the night sky looked

What is the meaning of the following metaphor?

"That is heaven/How supremely/heaven/playing piano/can be"

• Playing piano makes Billie Jo feel dead

• Billie Jo truly loves playing piano

• Playing piano makes Billie Jo want to go to heaven

• Billie Jo hears angels playing the piano from heaven

Which piece of evidence from the novel is the best use of imagery?

• She isn't much to look at/so long and skinny/her teeth poor/her dark hair always needing a wash

• I'm not half so good with my crazy playing/as she is with her fine tunes

• The stove clanked in the corner/ as Mr. Hardly filled Ma's order

• We haven't had a good crop in three years/not since the bounty '31

What is the setting of Out of the Dust?

• New York City

• Oklahoma Panhandle

• Texas Panhandle

• Arizona

What does Billie Jo love to do?

• Play piano

• Farming with dad

• Eating oranges

• Playing the violin

How did Billie Jo burn her hands?

• A campfire

• a pail of burning kerosene

• A pal of burning gasoline

• On the stove