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Vocabulary A
Comprehension 1
Vocabulary B
Comprehension 2
Vocabulary C
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Becoming bitter or upset over something
What is bittering?
100
How did Billie Jo get her name? What does she look like?
Her Daddy wanted a boy. She has long legs, pointy elbows, red hair, a wide mouth, and freckles.
100
Restless or impatient
What is fidgety?
100
What does Ma want to grow because the wheat continues to fail?
She thinks Daddy should put in a pond and try planting sorghum or cotton.
100
Irritated or vexed (annoyed)
What is riled?
200
Abundance; large, generous amount
What is a bounty?
200
Who is Livie? Where is she going?
She is Billie Jo's best friend. She is moving to California.
200
Needle-work, stitching or crocheting
What is fingerwork?
200
When there finally IS rain, why isn't anyone happy?
It rains so hard that it washes the soil and the wheat plants away.
200
Something that is unpleasant, or the difficult part of anything
What are the roughs?
300
Thrown away, rejected, abandoned
What is cast-off?
300
Who is Arley Wanderdale? What does he ask Billie Jo to do?
He is her music teacher. He asks her to play a piano solo at the Palace Theater.
300
A cotton fabric made waterproof by treating with oil, for use as tablecloths, shelf coverings, etc.
What is oilcloth?
300
What is Ma growing and trying to keep alive during the drought?
She is trying to protect her beloved apple trees.
300
A grass having broad, corn-like leaves and a tall, pithy stem bearing the grain in a dense, terminal cluster
What is sorghum?
400
Stunned or confused; amazed
What is dazed?
400
How does Billie Jo's family sit down to eat?
They flip all the dishes upside down to keep out the dust.
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Promised
What is pledged?
400
What word do all the songs that Billie Jo picks to play with Arley and the Black Mesa Boys contain?
They contain the word "baby" in honor of Ma and the coming baby.
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Long or tall, thin, and usually frail
What is spindly?
500
Overpowered or impressed deeply
What is dazzled?
500
What makes Billie Jo feel "as foul as maggoty stew"?
Her Ma said she could not play for the Sunny of Sunnyside performance because she would miss too many days of school.
500
A steady progression up or down (“____ up”)
What is ratcheted?
500
What does Ma say to Billie Jo when she does well at school?
"I knew you could."
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Any thin tuft, lock, mass, etc.
What is a wisp?