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

2. While doing homework together, what does Dicey learn is troubling James about his classmates?
(a) His class mates are lazy underachievers with no direction.
(b) His classmates are all smarter than James.
(c) His classmates are socially mean and overbearing toward James.
(d) His classmates are smart, but not like him; he does not fit in.

3. As Mina and Dicey talk about different types of people, what does Dicey say about all people?
(a) People cannot be trusted to not reveal secrets about another.
(b) Everybody has negative secrets about themselves.
(c) People are better off not being able to choose their family members.
(d) Everybody has something about them you just do not like.

4. What does Dicey think is the most important aspect of an essay?
(a) The teacher notes because that gives all the clues on how to improve a grade.
(b) Topic sentences that give each part meaning to the whole.
(c) The grade is the only important part.
(d) The comments about punctuation because it always counts on the next essay.

5. What does Mr. Chappelle tell the class about the quality of Dicey's essay?
(a) The quality is stilted and difficult to follow.
(b) The quality is simplistic and beneath grade level.
(c) The quality is too good to have been written by a grade level student.
(d) The quality is very good for a student at grade level.