1. After dinner as they sit by the fire, what is Gram's advice to Dicey?
(a) School passes quickly and is not the real world at all.
(b) You have to reach out to people, especially family, and not just let them struggle.
(c) People can be cruel and uncaring about others feelings.
(d) Teachers are trained to be critical so pay no heed.

2. After lunch, what do Gram and Dicey conclude should be advice to Sammy about school?
(a) Dicey will tell Sammy to loosen up and be himself, he does not have to be perfect.
(b) Dicey will tell Sammy he will soon have a tutor.
(c) Dicey will tell Sammy he has to spend more time reading.
(d) Dicey will tell Sammy his attitude at school has to improve.

3. What does the doctor say to Dicey that provokes her anger and grief?
(a) He tells her Momma will not be feeling better for at least one year.
(b) He tells her Momma is a poor role model that has not taken care of herself.
(c) He assures Dicey it is better for her mother to die.
(d) He tells her that Momma has an uncooperative personality.

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

5. What image of her mother comes to her mind as Dicey is sitting alone on the dock at sunset?
(a) A police photo of her mother's dazed face and short cropped hair.
(b) An image of her young mother laughing and running in the farm fields.
(c) An image of her smiling mother in her gown on her wedding day.
(d) A photo of her mother from the Boston newspaper.