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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the factor that increases the boredom Dicey endures in English class?
(a) The standard fluff her classmates come up with.
(b) The almost total lack of responses from her classmates.
(c) The immature responses her classmates come up with.
(d) The simplistic, silly explanations by the teacher.

3. What game is Sammy playing when he tries to bend the rules?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Parcheesi.
(c) Checkers.
(d) Scrabble.

4. What sort of chore work does Dicey welcome to keep her focused on her project?
(a) Cutting and shaping.
(b) Scraping and painting.
(c) Polishing and shining.
(d) Separating and cleaning moving parts.

5. As they discuss school, what trait about James does Dicey remind herself ?
(a) James thinks about things too much.
(b) James is a kind and sensitive person.
(c) James is a lonesome disturbed person.
(d) James has a mean nasty streak inside himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Dicey sharply deliver to James about school and fitting in?

2. What is the first thing Gram announces when she finishes reading the letter?

3. What is it about the changed circumstances that has brought each of the kids to insecurity and doubt?

4. What does Dicey do at the store on the first work Saturday that seems to make a big difference?

5. What does Gram do when she overhears James and Dicey whispering about the family Bible?

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