Dust Bowl
Out of the Dust Characters
Out of the Dust story
1930s
Symbols
100

What are TWO causes of the dust bowl? 

Flat land / drought / farming practices / high temperatures

100

Who is the narrator? 

Billie Jo Kelby 

100

How did Billie Jo get her name? 

Daddy wanted a boy 

100

What economic disaster occurred during this time? 

The Great Depression

100

What does the PIANO symbolize? 

It represents Billie Jo's mom / their relationship / Billie Jo's passion for life 

200

Name 3 states affected by the dust. 

Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico 

200

What are Ma and Daddy's real names? 

Pol and Bayard 

200

Where does the story take place? 

Oklahoma Panhandle / Cimmaron county, OK 

200

Why did farmers produce so much wheat during the war? 

To feed the troops AND/OR sell to other countries

200

What does the POND symbolize?

Daddy's love for Ma 

300

What critters flocked together and destroyed Ma's apple trees? 

Grasshoppers 

300

Who does Billie Jo have a crush on? 

Mad Dog Craddock

300

Where do many people begin walking to in search of a better future? 

California / West

300

Who created the New Deal? 

President Franklin D. Roosevelt 

300

What do the APPLE TREES symbolize? 

Ma's love / her children / Ma's life / Ma

400

Many people tried to leave the dust behind. What 2 names were they given? 

Okies / Migrants 

400

Who is Billie Jo's teacher?

Miss Freeland

400

Billie Jo gets off the train in what city? 

Flagstaff, AZ

400

President Roosevelt asked farmers to : 

stay on their farms / not move into the cities / plant new things 

400

What does Billie Jo giving away her biscuits to the man on the train say about her? 

She is caring / her Ma taught her to take care of her neighbors 

500

Name at least 2 ways that the New Deal suggested repairing land after the Dust Bowl

Plant trees / find new ways to farm / plant varying crops / find work elsewhere to buy new seed 


500

Who is the local man that is in charge of the land? (Hint: He shoots the skinny cows.) 

County Agent Dewey

500

What kind of sickness does Daddy get? 

Skin cancer 

500

What specific financial event led to the Great Depression? 

Wall Street / Stock Market crashed

500

What does the phrase "out of the dust" mean literally AND figuratively to Billie Jo? 

Literally - getting physically out of the dust

Figuratively - overcoming obstacles including dust

M
e
n
u