1. What does Gram tell Dicey to do with the money she hands to her?
(a) Go Christmas shopping for the kids.
(b) Go get decent take out food for Gram, Liza and herself.
(c) Go put this in Liza's account.
(d) Go buy Liza new winter boots.

2. What is it that distracts Dicey as she hurries from the school to the bike rack?
(a) Dicey notices a boy and a girl from a higher grade kissing behind the school.
(b) Dicey sees a boy playing a guitar on a wall behind the school.
(c) Dicey notices a group of town girls and boys huddled together behind the school.
(d) Dicey imagines Gram sitting on the wall staring at the sky.

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

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

5. What are the feelings Dicey gets when shopping that she wants Gram to also experience?
(a) Dicey realizes the future can be a mirror of the past.
(b) Dicey realizes that it is therapeutic to focus on the future and on others.
(c) Dicey realizes the present can never equal the future.
(d) Dicey realizes the past is more important than the present.