Characters
Who is Millie’s best friend?
Betty Adams
Where does Millie's family live at the beginning of the story?
On the family farm in Oklahoma
What historical disaster is Millie's family dealing with?
The Dust Bowl
What crop did Millie’s father plant in 1935?
Potatoes
What is Millie’s mother’s name?
Mary Horn
What is Millie’s home in Shantytown made out of?
Discarded sheet metal for the walls and roof
What historical period is the book set in?
The Great Depression
What does Millie do that helps her father start focusing on the future?
Millie helps Betty from being bullied.
What is Millie's father named?
John Horn
Who lives in the same house at the end of the story?
The Horns, the Adams, and Mr Ralph.
What do Millie and her family struggle with besides the dust?
Running out of food and money
Who struggles to sell their crops, potentially lose their homes, and with unpaid bills at the store?
Farmers
Who shares a handful of caramel cubes with Millie?
Betty
Where are the students taught once people start moving to California?
All in the same room.
What are the people migrating from the Dust Bowl called?
Okies
What color is the dirt if the storm comes from Kansas?
Brown
Who says, "Till the soil, and the rain will come"?
Millie's Father
What is the meaning of “Hooverville”?
Shantytowns built by homeless people during the Great Depression, named after President Hoover, whom many blamed for the economic crisis.
Why do people choose to move to California?
They were told there were jobs available, with promises like, “Work in California! Good wages! Come at once!”
What color is the dirt if the storm comes from Colorado or New Mexico?
Gray