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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 is the first thing Gram announces when she finishes reading the letter?
(a) Gram says she wants a cup of tea.
(b) Gram says long letters always bring the best news.
(c) Gram says life brings the unexpected.
(d) Gram says long letters always bring the worst news.

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

3. What is Gram's reaction to all the paperwork about welfare assistance?
(a) She refuses to respond to the personal questions.
(b) She cannot do it so gives it all back to the lawyer.
(c) She finds the papers complicated and tells Dicey she needs her help.
(d) She intentionally omits much detail.

4. What is Gram's announcement concerning finances?
(a) The insurance company has denied a cash settlement for the family.
(b) They must go on welfare in order to make ends meet.
(c) The insurance company has approved a cash settlement for the family.
(d) Maryland County Trust Bureau wants to visit the family, possibly to provide funding.

5. What is James' announcement that surprises Dicey and Gram?
(a) James intends to quit school and get a regular job to help with the finances.
(b) James has found a job for himself delivering newspapers.
(c) He is totally unhappy with his life because he does not fit in at school.
(d) The family of a friend of James has offered to allow him to live there

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that distracts Dicey as she hurries from the school to the bike rack?

2. What is Gram's matter of fact statement concerning the kids?

3. While doing homework together, what does Dicey learn is troubling James about his classmates?

4. What is the outcome of the meeting with the music teacher concerning Maybeth?

5. During lunch at the mall, what does Gram report was the teacher's review of Maybeth?

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