Out of the Dust

by Karen Hesse

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Chapter 1

Questions

1. What time period is Part 1 set in?
2. Where did Ma give birth to Billie Jo?
3. What gender child did Daddy want?
4. How did Daddy try to be satisfied with the girl he got instead of the son he wanted?
5. What does Billie Jo learn on this particular morning?
6. Why hasn't Ma been able to have another kid previously?

Answers

1. It's set in the winter of 1934.
2. She gave birth while crouching over the kitchen floor.
3. He wanted a boy.
4. He gave her a boy's name and taught her how to do farm work.
5. Ma is pregnant.
6. Medical complications have gotten in the way.