WINTER 1934
What is Billie Jo's main interpersonal problem? Give at least three examples of this. Her best friend Livie left for California. She wants to play but her mom doesn't want her to. Daddy doesn't like her and he wants a boy.
What is Bille Jo's main problem with her everyday, non-family related, life? The dust is affecting food, family and household items.
SPRING 1934
What main problem does Bille Jo write about now? The main problem that Billie Joe writes about is the dust that is coming to her town.
What are Billie Jo's two sources of comfort and for what reasons? Billie Joe's two sources of comfort are in the seat of a piano or with her mom.
SUMMER 1934
What catastophic events happen now? Ma and Franklin die.
What personal problems does Billie Jo now struggle with? Quote passages that express these problems. Billie Jo misses Ma and she won't have a little bother. "I think to talk to Ma about it," (p.78)
What interpersonal problem now develops for Bille Jo? Give several examples of this problem in action. Billie Jo can't play piano because her hands are burnt and she can't really feel them.
AUTUMN 1934
What is Billie Jo's main focus now? Her main focus now is piano and escaping the dust.
WINTER and SPRING 1935
How are Billie Jo's feelings about her mother changing? Give examples of this. Billie Jo misses her mom and always thinks about her.
What is Billie Jo's main ongoing interpersonal problem now? Give examples of this problem in action. Billie Jo's problem is escaping the dust and forming a better relationship with her father.
What main feeling does Billie Jo express about where she lives? Quote passages in which Billie Jo expressed this feeling. She doesn't care anymore about the dust because she has formed a relationship with her father and she has a mother figure.
What progress does Billie Jo make in coping with her burned hands? Quote passages that express this. Billie Jo plays more piano which makes her better.
SUMMER 1935
What feelings allow BIllie Jo to make the choice to leave home? Quote lines that express this. Billie Jo misses her mother so she wants to escape the dust because it reminds her of Ma.
Why does Billie Jo decide to return home? She realizes that she has no one and she doesn't know how to take care of herself and that she doesn't know what her father will do without her.
AUTUMN 1935
What steps does Billie Jo's father take to help him and Billie Jo reconcile? Billie Jo's father meets someone that gives Billie Jo a mother figure.
What characterisitics and actions of Louise allow Billie to accept this new woman? She has mother like actions.
In what ways does hope return to the Kelby's farm? The tractor starts working and Billie Jo's father finished the pond.
What do the role of the piano and her hands now reveal about Billie Jo's recovery? Playing piano helps heal her hands.
What is Billie Jo's main interpersonal problem? Give at least three examples of this. Her best friend Livie left for California. She wants to play but her mom doesn't want her to. Daddy doesn't like her and he wants a boy.
What is Bille Jo's main problem with her everyday, non-family related, life? The dust is affecting food, family and household items.
SPRING 1934
What main problem does Bille Jo write about now? The main problem that Billie Joe writes about is the dust that is coming to her town.
What are Billie Jo's two sources of comfort and for what reasons? Billie Joe's two sources of comfort are in the seat of a piano or with her mom.
SUMMER 1934
What catastophic events happen now? Ma and Franklin die.
What personal problems does Billie Jo now struggle with? Quote passages that express these problems. Billie Jo misses Ma and she won't have a little bother. "I think to talk to Ma about it," (p.78)
What interpersonal problem now develops for Bille Jo? Give several examples of this problem in action. Billie Jo can't play piano because her hands are burnt and she can't really feel them.
AUTUMN 1934
What is Billie Jo's main focus now? Her main focus now is piano and escaping the dust.
WINTER and SPRING 1935
How are Billie Jo's feelings about her mother changing? Give examples of this. Billie Jo misses her mom and always thinks about her.
What is Billie Jo's main ongoing interpersonal problem now? Give examples of this problem in action. Billie Jo's problem is escaping the dust and forming a better relationship with her father.
What main feeling does Billie Jo express about where she lives? Quote passages in which Billie Jo expressed this feeling. She doesn't care anymore about the dust because she has formed a relationship with her father and she has a mother figure.
What progress does Billie Jo make in coping with her burned hands? Quote passages that express this. Billie Jo plays more piano which makes her better.
SUMMER 1935
What feelings allow BIllie Jo to make the choice to leave home? Quote lines that express this. Billie Jo misses her mother so she wants to escape the dust because it reminds her of Ma.
Why does Billie Jo decide to return home? She realizes that she has no one and she doesn't know how to take care of herself and that she doesn't know what her father will do without her.
AUTUMN 1935
What steps does Billie Jo's father take to help him and Billie Jo reconcile? Billie Jo's father meets someone that gives Billie Jo a mother figure.
What characterisitics and actions of Louise allow Billie to accept this new woman? She has mother like actions.
In what ways does hope return to the Kelby's farm? The tractor starts working and Billie Jo's father finished the pond.
What do the role of the piano and her hands now reveal about Billie Jo's recovery? Playing piano helps heal her hands.