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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While doing homework together, what does Dicey learn is troubling James about his classmates?
(a) His classmates are socially mean and overbearing toward James.
(b) His class mates are lazy underachievers with no direction.
(c) His classmates are all smarter than James.
(d) His classmates are smart, but not like him; he does not fit in.

2. What is Dicey's reaction when the children go to bed without saying goodnight to her?
(a) She is irritated at Gram for taking over supervision of the children.
(b) She is proud the children are showing some independence.
(c) She is upset at being slighted by the children's behavior.
(d) She feels left out as a part of their daily routine.

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

4. What does James express to Dicey that he finds odd about Gram?
(a) Gram seems distracted by events in long years passed.
(b) Gram tells too many quick stories about her kids.
(c) Gram has unexplainable dark moods that come and go suddenly.
(d) Gram does not display pictures of her children or ever talk about the past.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the outcome of the meeting with the music teacher concerning Maybeth?

2. After some discussion among James, Gram, Mr. Lingerle and Dicey, what is the plan agreed upon for Maybeth.

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

4. What is it that distracts Dicey as she hurries from the school to the bike rack?

5. What is Gram's reaction to all the paperwork about welfare assistance?

(see the answer key)

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