Supporting Characters
In the Words of Billie Jo
Figurative Language
OOTD Vocabulary
The Ups and Downs of OOTD
100
What is the name of Pa's sister who comes to take baby brother away but arrives too late?
Aunt Ellis
100
Where do Billie Jo and her family live?
Oklahoma
100
“She’s an old mule on the subject of my schooling.”
Metaphor?
100
What did Mr. Roosevelt suggest farmers plant to help with dust storms?
Trees
100
Who is the author of Out of the Dust?
Karen Hesse
200
What do Mr. Noble and Mr. Romney do to take care of the rabbit infestation?
Have a rabbit killing contest
200
What does Billie Jo call playing piano on stage?
Heaven
200

                                               

 “But you can’t make a dustball pack together and slam against the side of the barn, and echo across the fields."

                                   


    

Onomatopoeia

200
What was Black Sunday?
The worst "black blizzard" of the Dust Bowl.
200
What flowers grew on the graves when her father was a soldier?
Red poppies
300
What does Pa do as a result of Ma's injuries?
Goes drinking
300
How does Billie Jo have to set the table during the Dust Bowl era?
With the plates and glasses upside down
300
“Lightning danced down on its spindly legs.”
Personification
300
Who was President during the setting of this novel?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
300
How did Billie Jo's Ma die?
Giving birth to Franklin
400
What is the name of Billie Jo's baby brother?
Franklin
400
In Billie Jo's dream, Ma give birth to a baby what?
A baby of flames
400

When she didn’t get to play the piano in the community play, Billie Jo gave her mother “a look foul as maggoty stew”

Simile

400
Where did many farmers relocate to during the Dust Bowl and what were they called?
California; migrants
400
Where did Billie Jo's Ma get her piano?
As a wedding present from Pa
500
Who is Billie Jo's music teacher?
Arley Wanderdale
500
What do the neighbors talk about after Ma's funeral?
How Billie Jo threw the bucket of kerosene
500
She didn’t think they could squeeze a rattlesnake into the back even if he’d paid full price, the place was so packed.”
Hyperbole
500
What economic event in history was happening during the time period of this novel and what event signaled its beginning?
The Great Depression; Black Tuesday
500
What does Pa say Mad Dog's real name is?
He doesn't say
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