1. What does Dicey think about Mina trying to be friendly?
(a) The more a person knows about her, they have a kind of hold on her.
(b) Maybe others will follow the example set by Mina.
(c) Mina is not a worthy person.
(d) Mina has too many friends to care anything about Dicey.

2. When Mina and Dicey talk about plans for a personal future, what are Dicey's plans?
(a) She plans to stay in the town, maybe take over Gram's farm.
(b) She has not made plans; she has only lived day to day.
(c) She plans to be a school teacher in Massachusetts.
(d) She plans to maybe own a small store similar to Millie's.

3. What is the common thread in the kids' background that seems to stifle true joy of life?
(a) Their comfortable former life in Massachusetts can never be recaptured.
(b) Hardships and loneliness are constant facts of their daily existence.
(c) Serious physical and mental illness is hereditary in the family.
(d) They have always been poor and looked down upon.

4. What additional task does Dicey take on at the store when Millie struggles?
(a) Dicey will make a few home deliveries on her route home after work.
(b) Dicey will open the store in the mornings before school.
(c) Dicey volunteers to do the ordering since Millie has difficulty reading.
(d) Dicey will close the store in the evenings after dinner.

5. What do the Tillerman's do with the wooden box brought from Massachusetts?
(a) They bury the box with Momma's ashes under the mulberry tree in the front yard.
(b) After emptying the box, they let go by tossing it in the fire.
(c) They place the box on the high shelf near the fireplace.
(d) They place the box in the storage trunk in the attic.