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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the others slowly walk to the house, what song words occur to Dicey, Dicey's Song?
(a) Away Always, A Way Home.
(b) A Sailor Home from the Sea.
(c) A Hunter Home from the Hunt.
(d) Gone and Home.

2. As they walk their bikes slowly, what idea does Mina suggest to Dicey?
(a) She wants to get to know James because she heard he is supposedly intelligent.
(b) Sammy may be getting in to fights because people say Gram is an odd person.
(c) Sammy might have an emotional imbalance causing him to be combative.
(d) She wants to get to know Maybeth because Mina wants a singing partner.

3. What does James reveal on the phone that Dicey begins to argue about?
(a) James says all the family will never recover from the trauma of the last year.
(b) James says they cannot continue to live in Maryland.
(c) James says the trip to Massachusetts was too sudden and unnecessary.
(d) James had researched at the library and knew Momma would never recover.

4. Who is the person Gram and Dicey decide to talk with about Maybeth's school progress?
(a) Millie.
(b) Mr Chappelle.
(c) James.
(d) Mr. Lingerle.

5. What does James say that reminds Dicey the worst of letting go is false hope?
(a) James says Momma really died to the world the previous summer.
(b) James says Momma told him to hold the family together.
(c) James says Momma had planned to return to Cape Cod.
(d) James says Momma always knew that she would not live a long life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Millie's comment concerning Gram since the kids showed up?

2. What does Sammy repeatedly ask of the others in order to avoid conversation?

3. What does Dicey come to realize as she and Gram end their conversation by the fire?

4. What is Millie's reaction to Jeff's visit to the market?

5. What is Mr. Lingerle's surprise when they arrive at the airport?

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