Winter 35

Why is Billie Jo reluctant to do all the chores Ma would have done around the house?

• she doesn't like to do housework

• She needs to rest her hands

• she is mad at her Pa and refuses to do any work

• she doesn't think her Pa will appreciate anything she does

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Who is Billie Jo's mother at the Christmas dinner?

• Daddy

• Aunt Ellis

• Arley's wife

• Miss

  Freeland

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What was the main purpose of the Birthday Ball?

• celebrate Pa's birthday

• to raise money for the infantile paralysis

• celebrate at the White House with the president

• to get away from the dust storms

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What was done with Joe De La Flor's cattle?

• Joe drove his cattle to the Beaver river for a drink

• He sold his cattle to the government to get money to buy seed.

• He had the government come in and shoot them so they would not suffer

• He gave three head of cattle to each of his neighbors

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Why did Ma 'make herself over"?

• She wanted to be a good farmer's wife

• She always wanted to be a farmer's wife

• She had to fit her husband's life

• She had to adjust to being a good mother

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who is the President's Ball named for?

• President Biden

• President Theodore Roosevelt

• President Hoover

• President Franklin Roosevelt

Why does a family move into the school?

• The school was closed during the summer so a family moved into the school

• The family wanted to all go to school together to learn.

• The family were seeking shelter from the dust until the mother had her baby

• The family knew Miss Freeland and she invited them in to visit for the day.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why does Billie Jo suspect is her father's reason for going to night school?

• Pa is totally done with farming and wants to be a bookkeeper

• Pa wants to learn Civics and then teach it at the school.

• Pa wants to get away from Billie Jo since she is blaming him for leaving the kerosene on the stove

• Pa wants to be around the ladies at the school because they feed him.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What happens to Pete Guymon?

• Pete decides he has had enough of the dust and left for California

• Pete decides that selling produce is not what he wants to do any longer.

• Pete Guymon dies of dust pneumonia.

• Pete Guymon decides to sell wheat instead of the produce.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Where does Billie Jo's father go during the dust storm?

• Pa goes to school to make sure the ladies are safe.

• Pa goes looking for Joe De La Flor.

• Pa goes to look for Billie Jo.

• Pa goes out to see if the hole he was digging was not getting dust in it.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1