| What historical disaster is Millie's family dealing with? (The Dust Bowl) |
| Who is Millie’s best friend? (Betty Adams) |
| What is Betty’s age? (13 years old. Betty is 1 year older than Millie, who is 12.) |
| What historical period is the book set in? (The Great Depression) |
| Where does Millie's family live at the beginning of the story? (On the family farm in Oklahoma) |
| What color is the dirt if the storm comes from Kansas? (Brown) |
| What color is the dirt if the storm comes from Colorado or New Mexico? (Gray) |
| What do Millie and her family struggle with besides the dust? (Running out of food and money) |
| What is the “black blizzard”? (A severe dust storm) |
| What crop did Millie’s father plant in 1935? (Potatoes) |
| Which date did the worst dust storm occur? (Sunday, April 14, 1935) |
| What is Millie’s mother’s name? (Mary Horn) |
| In which year do Millie and her family migrate to California? (1935) |
| How many days did Millie and her parents drive from Oklahoma to California? (8 days, Wednesday, April 17 - Wednesday, April 24) |
| What are the people migrating from the Dust Bowl called? (Okies) |
| Who was the U.S. president during the onset of the Depression? (President Herbert Hoover) |
| What is the meaning of “Hooverville”? (Shantytowns built by homeless people during the Great Depression, named after President Hoover, whom many blamed for the economic crisis.) |
| Why do city people not welcome the people from the Dust Bowl? (They think the Okies are dirty, diseased, and will steal their jobs.) |
| Why do people choose to move to California? (They were told there were jobs available, with promises like, “Work in California! Good wages! Come at once!”) |
| What is the full name of the store where Millie and her parents go for groceries? (Owens’ General Goods Store) |
| How much do Betty and her father get paid after working for 12 hours? ($1.25) |
| What is Millie’s home in Shantytown made out of? (Discarded sheet metal for the walls and roof) |
| What food can the family buy after working for the farmer by picking cotton? (Bread, potatoes, and turnips) |
| Why can’t Millie sleep at night after Ralph’s house burns down? (She worries about another fire and fears they might be trapped in their situation forever.) |
| What does Millie do that helps her father start focusing on the future? (Millie helps Betty from being bullied.) |
| What lesson has Millie’s father learned? (That all migrants are struggling together, and they are stronger as a group. They can no longer stand by and let others be mistreated.) |
| What is the “Soil Conservation Service”? (A government initiative that helps with soil conservation, including planting trees, to reclaim the soil and allow farming to continue on the Plains.) |
| Who lives in the same house at the end of the story? (The Horns, the Adams, and Mr Ralph.) |
| In which book does the character's father often say, "Till the soil, and the rain will come"? (Page 9) |
| In which book is the main character's father named John Horn? (Page 16) |
| In which book all the grades are taught in the same room because people are moving away? (Page 20) |
| In which book does the main character’s best friend share a handful of caramel cubes? (Page 22) |
| In which book do farmers struggle to sell their crops, people lose their homes, and there are unpaid bills at the store? (Page 24) |
