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

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

3. What is Dicey's assessment of her new school and classes?
(a) School day is a series of posturing, posing, and pretending.
(b) School day is long, slow, and boring
(c) School is a fun filled, safe haven from the real world.
(d) School day is a whirl of thinking and doing.

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

5. What do Gram and Dicey agree upon about Maybeth's word lists and study assignments?
(a) Maybeth is progressing at her own pace and will eventually catch up with others.
(b) Maybeth is a good student saddled with incompetent instructors.
(c) Maybeth deserves less study time, more time for herself.
(d) Maybeth is not learning to read using that method.