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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 make a few home deliveries on her route home after work.
(b) Dicey will open the store in the mornings before school.
(c) Dicey volunteers to do the ordering since Millie has difficulty reading.
(d) Dicey will close the store in the evenings after dinner.

2. What is Dicey's reaction to the fact she might not need to meet with the teacher?
(a) She resents the lawyer's presence in their lives.
(b) She thinks the school people are too intrusive.
(c) She is happy to not have the responsibility.
(d) She is angry at Gram.

3. What is the subject matter in English class that Dicey finds boring?
(a) Character conflict in fiction.
(b) Character conflict in biographies.
(c) Recently published fiction books that have sold as Hollywood movie themes.
(d) Character development in fiction.

4. What is Maybeth able to do at school that Dicey is determined not to do?
(a) Maybeth sits and reads for hours at the school library.
(b) Maybeth develops a respect for teachers that Dicey cannot seem to do.
(c) Maybeth is making friends at school.
(d) Maybeth works harder than every other student in her class.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What recent find in the barn distracts Dicey's thoughts toward a daydream?

2. What is it about the history paper James writes that is different than the usual?

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

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

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

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