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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tasks does Dicey do that she thinks will make a big difference in the store?
(a) Wash the shelves and each can on the shelves.
(b) Scrape old stickers from the windows and the entrance door.
(c) Dust the cobwebs from the ceiling and corners.
(d) Replace the burned out light bulbs in the display cases.

2. What does Dicey buy for Sammy that leads to a conversation about Momma?
(a) A wrestler action figure toy.
(b) A model airplane.
(c) A wood carving of a chicken.
(d) A poster of a newsboy on a bike.

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

4. What is Gram's advice to Dicey about life in general?
(a) Life passes by much too quickly.
(b) Life can only be lived one day at a time.
(c) Life is always easy if you smile and dream.
(d) Life is a hard business.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What comment by Millie about a younger Gram seems strange to Dicey?

2. What does Dicey tell Gram concerning her grade for English?

3. What does Dicey conclude about her own standing in her class?

4. Who stops to talk a moment about school as Dicey is washing the market windows?

5. What are Dicey's thoughts about her grade for English?

(see the answer key)

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