Billie Jo
Dust Bowl
Minor Characters
Literary Elements
Pot Luck
100

Who is the Protagonist?

Who is Billie Jo

100

Why did they turn the plates over?

What was dust everywhere.

100

Who is Mr. Hardly?

Who is the store owner?

100

Who was the Protagonist?

Billie Jo

100

What is apple pandowdy?

What is an Apple dessert with a top crust?

200

Where does she live?

What is Oklahoma?

200

What was an illness caused by the dust?

What is dust pneumonia?

200

Who is Mad Dog?

Who is the musician Billie Jo likes?

200

Antagonist?

Dust

200

What is a scowl?

What is an intense frown?

300

What is her favorite fruit?

What is an apple?

300

Why did people move to California?

What is the wheat could not grow so they moved to find work?

300

Who is Livie?

who is Billie Jo's friend that moved?

300

What was the external conflict?

The dust (also, drought; Ma's death)

300

Who was President of the United States during the story?

Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

400

What is her favorite thing to do?

What is play the piano?

400

What are 3 states in the Dust Bowl?

What are Oklahoma, Kansas, and New Mexico?

400

Who are Mr. Noble and Mr. Romney?

Who are the men that made the rabbit wager?

400

What was the internal conflict for Billie Jo?

She is angry at her pa (Also, she cannot play the piano as well anymore)

400

What is Ma's name?

What is Pol?

500

What happened at Arley's show?

What is she did not play well?

500

What are 2 causes of the Dust Bowl?

What is drought and going the same crop over and over again.

500

Who was Louise?

who was the teacher at business school who fell for Bayard?

500

What was the turning point for the story?

What is Billie Jo running away but deciding to return and forgive.

500

Why did Pa go see Doc Rice?

What are the spots on his face?