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How did Billie Jo get her name?
How did Billie Jo get her name?
Her father wanted a son.
Who is Billie Jo's best friend?
Who is Billie Jo's best friend?
Livie
Who encourages Billie Jo to play the piano?
Who encourages Billie Jo to play the piano?
Arley Wanderdale
What is Billie Jo's teacher's name?
What is Billie Jo's teacher's name?
Mrs. Freeland
Who is Billie Jo's teacher that pretended to be her mother at the Christmas dinner?
Who is Billie Jo's teacher that pretended to be her mother at the Christmas dinner?
Miss Freeland
What does Arley Wanderdale ask Billie Jo to do?
What does Arley Wanderdale ask Billie Jo to do?
He asks her to play the piano at the Palace Theatre for FDR
What does Billie Jo's father do with the money her mother saved up?
What does Billie Jo's father do with the money her mother saved up?
He uses it to go out drinking.
What is Billie Jo's mother trying to take care of and protect?
What is Billie Jo's mother trying to take care of and protect?
Her apple trees.
There was an accident. What was the accident that Billie Jo was blamed for?
There was an accident. What was the accident that Billie Jo was blamed for?
Billie Jo's mother thought the pail was full of water. It set on fire and she went to get Billie Jo's father. Billie Jo tried to save the house by throwing the pail out. She bumped into her mother and set her on fire.
What happens to Billie Jo's baby brother?
What happens to Billie Jo's baby brother?
He dies from his mother's suffering from dehydration (not enough water).
Aunt Ellis is Billie Jo's mother's sister.
Aunt Ellis is Billie Jo's mother's sister.
False. She is Billie Jo's father's sister.
Mr. Hardley owns the general store.
Mr. Hardley owns the general store.
True. He mistakingly gives Billie Jo too much change.
Billie Jo's mother does not encourage her father to dig a pond.
Billie Jo's mother does not encourage her father to dig a pond.
False. She asked him more than once.
Coach Albright wants Billie Jo to play basketball.
Coach Albright wants Billie Jo to play basketball.
True. He kept asking her until she burned her hands.
Billie Jo runs away to California because she is unhappy.
Billie Jo runs away to California because she is unhappy.
True. But she only reaches Arizona because she met a homeless man who taught her family values.
How does Billie Jo feel about playing the piano?
How does Billie Jo feel about playing the piano?
She loved to play the piano. It was her only connection to her mother. She stopped for awhile after she burned her hands because it was painful.
Describe Billie Jo's relationship with her father
Describe Billie Jo's relationship with her father
Billie Jo and her father do not have a good relationship in the beginning. They do not talk very often. The relationship improved after she came home from running away.
What does Billie Jo's father have on his skin? Does he do anything about it?
What does Billie Jo's father have on his skin? Does he do anything about it?
He has brown spots that are cancerous. He did nothing about it until Billie Jo came back home. He finally went to a doctor.
People died of many reasons during the Dust Bowl. What disease did people commonly die of?
People died of many reasons during the Dust Bowl. What disease did people commonly die of?
People died of Dust Pneumonia.
How does Billie Jo feel about Louise?
How does Billie Jo feel about Louise?
At first she was not sure of Louise and it was hard to accept her. After time went by, she liked Louise because she was nice and made her father happy.
Describe this quote: 'I hollered myself red the day I was born. Red's the color I've stayed ever since.
Describe this quote: 'I hollered myself red the day I was born. Red's the color I've stayed ever since.
When Billie Jo was born, she cried until she turned red. Her hair and skin is red.
What does this quote mean? 'We watched as the storm swallowed the light.'
What does this quote mean? 'We watched as the storm swallowed the light.'
The dust storm was so thick and dark, that it made the sky turn black, like night time.
Simile or metaphor? 'I think we are both turning to dust.'
Simile or metaphor? 'I think we are both turning to dust.'
Metaphor. Because she is describing herself and her father like dust.
Simile or metaphor? '...this once-upon-a-time real-live dinosaur who lived, and fed, and roamed like a ridiculous long-necked cow.
Simile or metaphor? '...this once-upon-a-time real-live dinosaur who lived, and fed, and roamed like a ridiculous long-necked cow.
Simile. A dinosar and a cow are two unlike things being compared.
Imagery or symbol? 'Sometimes, while I'm at the piano, I catch her reflection in the mirror, standing in the kitchen, soft-eyed, while Daddy finishes chores, and I stretch my fingers over the keys, and I play.
Imagery or symbol? 'Sometimes, while I'm at the piano, I catch her reflection in the mirror, standing in the kitchen, soft-eyed, while Daddy finishes chores, and I stretch my fingers over the keys, and I play.
Imagery. It describes what she is seeing, and touching
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