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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Gram's personal thoughts concerning the finances?
(a) She is unhappy about accepting public aid.
(b) She is grateful for the kindly manners of insurance agents.
(c) She resents the uncaring manners of the insurance companies.
(d) She is pleasantly surprised at the amount of helpful money available for people.

2. After some discussion among James, Gram, Mr. Lingerle and Dicey, what is the plan agreed upon for Maybeth.
(a) Mr. Lingerle will go to the library to do some research.
(b) Maybeth needs more word lists to work on.
(c) Maybeth needs more difficult word lists in order to progress.
(d) James will go to the library to do some research.

3. What is Dicey's assessment of her new school and classes?
(a) School day is long, slow, and boring
(b) School day is a whirl of thinking and doing.
(c) School day is a series of posturing, posing, and pretending.
(d) School is a fun filled, safe haven from the real world.

4. What is Dicey thinking about as she lies relaxing under the tree?
(a) Christmas.
(b) The long previous summer of travel.
(c) High school.
(d) Thanksgiving.

5. While doing homework together, what does Dicey learn is troubling James about his classmates?
(a) His class mates are lazy underachievers with no direction.
(b) His classmates are all smarter than James.
(c) His classmates are smart, but not like him; he does not fit in.
(d) His classmates are socially mean and overbearing toward James.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Dicey doubt that Maybeth might be retarded?

2. What does the nun at day camp recommend concerning Maybeth's learning progress?

3. Who is the person Gram and Dicey decide to talk with about Maybeth's school progress?

4. What is James' first reaction to Maybeth's plight?

5. What is it about Will Hawkin's character that Dicey considers as the topic for her paper?

(see the answer key)

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