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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of chore work does Dicey welcome to keep her focused on her project?
(a) Scraping and painting.
(b) Polishing and shining.
(c) Separating and cleaning moving parts.
(d) Cutting and shaping.

2. What has happened to Maybeth that brings her to uncontrollable sobbing?
(a) Her classmates laughed at her poor reading skills and the teacher could not control them.
(b) The other kids will not talk to her or sit near her on the bus.
(c) The other girls make fun of her clothes and hair.
(d) Her friends have been stealing from her lunch money.

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

4. Who is the subject of the long letter mailed from Boston to Gram?
(a) Dicey's father.
(b) James.
(c) Dicey's mother.
(d) Maybeth.

5. What does Dicey think about Mina trying to be friendly?
(a) Maybe others will follow the example set by Mina.
(b) The more a person knows about her, they have a kind of hold on her.
(c) Mina has too many friends to care anything about Dicey.
(d) Mina is not a worthy person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gram's advice to Dicey about life in general?

2. What is Gram's reaction to the offer of a ride to town for her and Dicey?

3. What tasks does Dicey do that she thinks will make a big difference in the store?

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

5. What does James think might be the root of Maybeth's reading troubles?

(see the answer key)

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