Dust bowl
Out of the Dust
Billie Jo
Mom
Literary definitions
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What was the dust bowl?

A big dust storm

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Who are the family in the book?

Billie Jo, Mom, Dad, franklin

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What does she love to play?

Piano

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What was her symbol of hope?

Her apple trees.

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What does Protagonist mean?

The main character

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How long did the dust bowl last and what years?

6 years and 1930 – 1936.

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What was the setting in the story?

Oklahoma 



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What is her favorite fruit?

Apples

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how many kids did she have?

2

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What is a External Conflict?

A problem that is in the way in the character. 

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What was the nickname for it?

The black blizzard

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What were the last 3 words of the book?

and I play.

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Her sign of hope?

The piano

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How did she die

By fire.

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What comma rule am I using? " I ran a mile, and Raily ran 3 miles.

compound sentence 

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How many miles long was the dust storm?

5,000 miles

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Who is the author? 

Karen Hesse

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What song does she play in her head and doesn't play on the piano?

"Stormy Weather"

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What did she not like Billie Jo do?

Playing piano.

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What is a irony?

Some thing that happeneds that wasn't expected. 

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How many people died in the dust bowl

7,000 people

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How many pages are in the book

227pg.

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What were the season, month, and year when Billie Jo got burned?

July, Summer, 1934

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What year and mouth did she die?

July, 1934

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What is a Literary

A type of writing.

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