What is Billie Jo's favorite thing to do?
play the piano
Billie Jo's teacher and who acts as her "mom" at Christmas dinner
Who is Miss Freeland
bake them cakes and cookies and pies,
cook them custard and cobbler and crisp
Alliteration
What is Billie Jo's favorite food?
apples
What is Billie Jo's brother's name?
Franklin
Who stays at Billie Jo's school
What is a homeless family
Suddenly, Ma was a column of fire.
Metaphor
Basketball
Who does Billie Jo have a crush on?
Mad dog Craddock
True or False - Billie Jo and her father have forgiven each other.
False
"The dust turned toward the house, like a fired locomotive."
Simile OR Personification
What food of Ma's will Billie Jo miss the most at holiday dinners?
Cranberry sauce
"lightening danced down on its spindly legs"
Personification
What's Billlie Jo's last name?
Kelby
Who goes looking from Billie Jo during a really bad dust storm
Her father
"She isn't much to look at, so long and skinny, her teeth poor, her dark hair always needing a wash..."
Imagery
Where did the author go to college?
Towson University