1. What is Dicey's suggestion to Gram concerning the teacher note?
(a) Ignore the request for a meeting.
(b) Dicey offers to see the music teacher after school the next day.
(c) Write a return note suggesting Maybeth move to a different class.
(d) Write a return note stating Maybeth does the best she can.

2. What is it about the changed circumstances that has brought each of the kids to insecurity and doubt?
(a) The new hope that life is about to get a whole lot better.
(b) Gram might be too weak and fragile to permanently handle their lives.
(c) Courts, lawyers, schools and social workers cannot be totally trusted.
(d) The four will likely have to split up because no one person can handle all 4.

3. What are Gram's personal thoughts concerning the finances?
(a) She is grateful for the kindly manners of insurance agents.
(b) She resents the uncaring manners of the insurance companies.
(c) She is pleasantly surprised at the amount of helpful money available for people.
(d) She is unhappy about accepting public aid.

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

5. What makes Dicey doubt that Maybeth might be retarded?
(a) Maybeth quietly understands her sister and brothers.
(b) Maybeth has demonstrated ability to learn music, melodies and song words.
(c) Maybeth knows she needs to improve and is determined to do so.
(d) Maybeth usually struggles, but somehow always manages to keep up.