Out of the Dust

Name: ___________________________________________________ Date: ______________________

AUTUMN 1934

Section 7: Hired Work through Art Exhibit

1. Why did Billie Jo’s father take a job with Wireless Power?

2. What did the rain do to the sidewalks in town during Almost Rain?

3. Who is the only person who talks about Billie Jo’s hands now?

4. What made the grass, the wheat, the cattle, the rabbits, and Billie Jo’s father happy in Real Snow?

5. What doesn’t Mad Dog Craddock do that pleases Billie Jo in Dance Revue?

6. Why was Mad Dog given that nickname at age two?

7. What was the purpose of the art exhibit held in the basement of the courthouse?

Section 7 Part I: Using Prior Knowledge and Contextual Clues

Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the sentence. Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and write what you think the words in bold mean.

1. Vera Wanderdale is putting on a dance revue at the Palace….

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2. He doesn’t stare at my deformed hands.

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3. There were pictures of the Panhandle in the old days….

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4. …and a sketch of a little girl holding an enormous cat/in her lap.

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Part II: Determining the Meaning: Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions.

___31. revue                            A. a hasty or undetailed drawing or painting

___32. deformed                      B. narrow strip of land projecting from a larger area

___33. Panhandle                     C. a musical show

___34. sketch                          D. disfigured