Out Of The Dust Pages 70-95
Students will test their knowledge of pages 70-95 of Out of the Dust.
- 1.What happened shortly after Polly died?
- A.
The family went to live in California.
- B.
Billie Jo's brother went to Lubbock to live with Aunt Ellis.
- C.
Billie Jo's brother died also.
- D.
The family we to live with Aunt Ellis.
- 2.What did they name the new baby?
- A.
Franklin
- B.
Robert
- C.
William
- D.
Ellis
- 3.Who did the neighbor women blame for "the accident"?
- A.
No one
- B.
Polly
- C.
Billie Jo's dad
- D.
Billie Jo
- 4.How does Billie Jo's dad respond to how he feels?
- A.
He continues farming all the time.
- B.
He is digging a large hole in the yard.
- C.
He decides to help Billie Jo with housework.
- D.
Nothing has changed.
- 5.How does Billie Jo feel about "empty spaces"?
- A.
Elated
- B.
Dejected
- C.
Gregarious
- D.
Tedious
- 6.What does Billie Jo say she can never forgive her father for?
- A.
Leaving the kerosene by the stove
- B.
Spending emergency money
- C.
Digging the large hole in their yard
- D.
Not moving away from Oklahoma
- 7.What does Billie Jo compare the dust storms to?
- A.
The dust storms in another state
- B.
A tornado
- C.
A rain storm
- D.
A volcano erupting
- 8."But now, sorrow climbs up our front steps, big as Texas, and we didn't even see it coming" is an example of
- A.
Metaphor and alliteration
- B.
Simile and personification
- C.
Personification and metaphor
- D.
Alliteration and personification
- 9.Who is one person who has not treated Billie Jo differently than before "the accident"?
- A.
Billie Jo's dad
- B.
The neighbors
- C.
Arley Wanderdale
- D.
Mr. Hardly
- 10.How does Mad Dog Craddock say he got his name?
- A.
Biting things when he was young
- B.
Being an angry child
- C.
Having a bad temper as he gets older
- D.
He's not sure how he got that name
- 11.What was one of the admission prices into the courthouse's gallery?
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