Dust Bowl
What are TWO causes of the dust bowl?
Flat land / drought / farming practices / high temperatures
Who is the narrator?
Billie Jo Kelby
How did Billie Jo get her name?
Daddy wanted a boy
What economic disaster occurred during this time?
The Great Depression
What does the PIANO symbolize?
It represents Billie Jo's mom / their relationship / Billie Jo's passion for life
Name 3 states affected by the dust.
Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico
What are Ma and Daddy's real names?
Pol and Bayard
Where does the story take place?
Oklahoma Panhandle / Cimmaron county, OK
Why did farmers produce so much wheat during the war?
To feed the troops AND/OR sell to other countries
What does the POND symbolize?
Daddy's love for Ma
What critters flocked together and destroyed Ma's apple trees?
Grasshoppers
Who does Billie Jo have a crush on?
Mad Dog Craddock
Where do many people begin walking to in search of a better future?
California / West
Who created the New Deal?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
What do the APPLE TREES symbolize?
Ma's love / her children / Ma's life / Ma
Many people tried to leave the dust behind. What 2 names were they given?
Okies / Migrants
Who is Billie Jo's teacher?
Miss Freeland
Billie Jo gets off the train in what city?
Flagstaff, AZ
President Roosevelt asked farmers to :
stay on their farms / not move into the cities / plant new things
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
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
Who is the local man that is in charge of the land? (Hint: He shoots the skinny cows.)
County Agent Dewey
What kind of sickness does Daddy get?
Skin cancer
What specific financial event led to the Great Depression?
Wall Street / Stock Market crashed
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