1. What is the surprise trip Gram tells Dicey to prepare for immediately?
(a) Dicey is told she is going to Provincetown to meet Momma.
(b) Dicey is told she is going to Bridgeport with Gram.
(c) Dicey is told she is going to Boston with Gram.
(d) Dicey is told she is going to Salisbury with Millie.

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

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

4. What comment by Millie about a younger Gram seems strange to Dicey?
(a) Gram never spoke to Millie for years after the marriage to Tillerman.
(b) Millie saw Gram very seldom after the marriage and she never seemed happy.
(c) Millie hardly saw Gram over the years after marriage, then she got "queer".
(d) Millie saw Gram very seldom after the marriage and she always seemed happy.

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