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

2. What does Mina confide to Dicey are her problems?
(a) Mina comes from a huge family none of whom she approves of.
(b) Mina is like Dicey because she does not care what people think.
(c) Mina has to be known as the perfect daughter of the local preacher.
(d) Mina is an intelligent, huge black female with a pleasing personality, a giant oddball.

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

4. As Dicey lies on the dock staring at stars, what does she conclude is making her edgy?
(a) Maybeth is a weakling personality who will require constant assistance.
(b) She realizes her teenage and young adult years ahead are very bleak.
(c) She is incapable of planning the family's future.
(d) She is carrying around sorrow about possibly losing Momma forever.

5. What does Dicey go and do immediately after the conversation with Gram?
(a) She awakens James and tells him about the conversation.
(b) She goes for a short walk in the salt marsh flats.
(c) She sits for two hours in her room thinking about Momma.
(d) She calls Mina and thanks her for the support in class that day.