Characters
Billie Jo's music teacher.
What is Arley Wanderdale
Dad missed this at Christmas
Cranberry sauce
Gaunt
To be thin and bony
Billie Jo won third place in the talent competition
True
How do we know that Billi Jo approves of Louise?
Billie Jo allows her to go to Ma's hill.
Dad's night school teacher.
Louise
A cause of death for Pete Guyman and many others
dust pneumonia
To diversify.
To increase the variety of products
Billie Jo looks more like her mother than her father.
False
Why does Billie Jo feel guilty after the accident?
She threw the kerosene without thinking.
This person runs the local store.
Mr. Hardley
What the man in the boxcar carries
a family photo
To be bright and colorful
Resplendent
Ma had been saving Billie Jo's dimes to buy more apple trees for planting.
False.
Billie Jo and her dad have a hard time talking about things because...
They never learned how to talk with each other.
The name of Billie Jo's baby brother.
Franklin.
James Kingsbury comes from here to photograph storms.
Toronto, Canada
To irritate or annoy
to rile
When the Black Sunday storm occurred, Billie Jo and her father were on their way to a funeral.
True
When Billie Jo leaves home, the main reason she quickly returns is...
she realizes she belongs at home with her father, even if it is in the dust.
Billie Jo's friend who leaves the town.
Livie Killian
Mad Dog went here for a job.
Amarillo
abandoned or deserted
forsaken
The book's events tale place during the years 1834-1835
False
Which description best represents Ma's attitude towards Billie Jo's piano playing?
Ma isn't happy because Billie Jo is away from home at night playing music.