1. What is the class reaction when Mr. Chappelle concludes reading Dicey's essay?
(a) Impatience about getting all the essays passed out.
(b) No one seems to be paying attention.
(c) Laughter and comments of praise.
(d) Uncomfortable silence followed by random speaking out.

2. After lunch, what do Gram and Dicey conclude should be advice to Sammy about school?
(a) Dicey will tell Sammy he will soon have a tutor.
(b) Dicey will tell Sammy he has to spend more time reading.
(c) Dicey will tell Sammy to loosen up and be himself, he does not have to be perfect.
(d) Dicey will tell Sammy his attitude at school has to improve.

3. What has happened to Maybeth that brings her to uncontrollable sobbing?
(a) The other kids will not talk to her or sit near her on the bus.
(b) The other girls make fun of her clothes and hair.
(c) Her classmates laughed at her poor reading skills and the teacher could not control them.
(d) Her friends have been stealing from her lunch money.

4. What is Dicey's thought about her own paper and James' paper about Pilgrims?
(a) James is just too smart for her to keep up with.
(b) She can organize her thoughts and her writing better than James can organize his.
(c) James usually misses the point about life happenings.
(d) James has a good mind but has trouble putting thoughts on paper.

5. What advice from Gram does Dicey recall when she gets irritated with James?
(a) Gram says you have to hold on to people you love or they can slip away.
(b) Gram says never speak in anger, always wait one full day.
(c) Gram says always tell people exactly what you think about them.
(d) Gram says never tell a person the hurtful truth.