Piano Playing
In Billie Jo's nightmare, the family piano is covered in this
What is dust?
It's the state Billie Jo lives in
What is Oklahoma?
The apple trees representing Ma
What is a metaphor (or symbolism)?
"People can overcome great tragedies"
What is a theme?
It's the opera that Mad Dog says everyone has heard of
What is Madame Butterfly?
Invited to play at this school event, Billie Jo walks off stage when her "hands won't work"
What is graduation?
Billie Jo reads about the volcano Kilauea erupting in this state
What is Hawaii?
Ma's anger "simmering over like a pot in an empty kitchen"
What is a simile?
Billie Jo debating whether to stay with her father or run away
What is (an internal) conflict?
Mr. Noble and Mr. Romney battle over who can kill more of these
What are rabbits?
Touring with Arley, Billie Jo plays a set of songs with this word in the title
What is "baby?"
It's the state Billie Jo winds up in at the end of her train ride
What is Arizona?
The hard G sound in "spilling from gutters/gushing through gullies"
What is alliteration?
Early in the novel, Billie Jo says she wants to "go,/away,/out of the dust"
What is foreshadowing?
Billie Jo mentions this famous real-life pilot whose baby was kidnapped
Who is (Charles) Lindbergh?
The person who has the piano cleaned and tuned at the end of the novel
Who is Pa?
Aunt Ellis calls this Texas city home; so did Buddy Holly
What is Lubbock?
The lines "right through the cracks.../right through the gaps"
What is repetition (or assonance)?
Billie Jo experiencing tension with her pa while trying to cope with her ma's death
What is rising action?
Ma saved dimes so Billie Jo could someday study music at this school
What is Panhandle A & M?
Billie Jo plays this song at the Palace Talent Show
What is "Bye Bye Blackbird?"
A photographer from this Canadian city comes to Billie Jo's town
What is Toronto?
Billie Jo describing her experience running away as "lonelier than the wind"
What is personification?
Billie Jo playing piano again regularly and enjoying Louise's company
What is the resolution?
Billie Jo uses this term to describe the women Pa meets at school
What is "biddies?"