1. What is Gram's suggestion to Dicey concerning the teacher note?
(a) Gram will meet with the teacher at the end of term.
(b) Gram has already planned to go meet the teacher the next day.
(c) Gram will ask the lawyer to contact the teacher.
(d) Maybeth will stay home from school the next day.

2. What are Dicey's thoughts as she realizes the younger ones are getting along without her?
(a) She feels abandoned and resentful at being left out of their lives.
(b) She resents Gram's easy manner in taking over the responsibility for the kids.
(c) She feels good about not having all the responsibility for the kids.
(d) She thinks James is growing too fast and is trying to take her rightful place.

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

4. What does Gram do when she overhears James and Dicey whispering about the family Bible?
(a) Gram weeps sadly and leaves the room.
(b) Gram smiles, sits quietly, and prays for many minutes.
(c) Gram adds the four kids names to the family Bible list.
(d) Gram seizes the Bible and returns it to the shelves.

5. What specific words in the song Dicey hears cause her to stop and concentrate for the meaning?
(a) All such days are done.
(b) A coat of many colors.
(c) Cannot find the ways
(d) Time to start anew