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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Dicey's part-time job?
(a) Local public library.
(b) A small grocery store.
(c) Car wash.
(d) Pet store.

2. What is Gram's announcement concerning finances?
(a) They must go on welfare in order to make ends meet.
(b) The insurance company has approved a cash settlement for the family.
(c) Maryland County Trust Bureau wants to visit the family, possibly to provide funding.
(d) The insurance company has denied a cash settlement for the family.

3. What is Dicey's assessment of her new school and classes?
(a) School day is long, slow, and boring
(b) School day is a whirl of thinking and doing.
(c) School is a fun filled, safe haven from the real world.
(d) School day is a series of posturing, posing, and pretending.

4. What advice does Dicey sharply deliver to James about school and fitting in?
(a) School lasts only a few years.
(b) Worry concerning anything does not do any good.
(c) School is a place where under-achievers pull down the achievers.
(d) School exists to employ adults and boost adult egos.

5. What is Gram's announcement that pleases the children?
(a) The four children will not have to separate.
(b) Their father is living nearby in New York.
(c) Gram intends to legally adopt the children.
(d) The children are moving to Boston to be close to mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James say about fitting in at the new school?

2. What comment by James causes Dicey to understand why James is brooding?

3. What thought occurs to Dicey when James shows the family Bible with the names of Gram's children written inside?

4. What sort of chore work does Dicey welcome to keep her focused on her project?

5. As they discuss school, what trait about James does Dicey remind herself ?

(see the answer key)

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