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

2. What game is Sammy playing when he tries to bend the rules?
(a) Parcheesi.
(b) Scrabble.
(c) Checkers.
(d) Monopoly.

3. As Dicey lies on the dock staring at stars, what does she conclude is making her edgy?
(a) She is carrying around sorrow about possibly losing Momma forever.
(b) She is incapable of planning the family's future.
(c) Maybeth is a weakling personality who will require constant assistance.
(d) She realizes her teenage and young adult years ahead are very bleak.

4. What do the young children do on Halloween when Gram and Dicey are not home?
(a) They use Gram's old clothes for Halloween costumes.
(b) They start a small fire in the marsh grass.
(c) They go into the attic without permission.
(d) They eat the Halloween candy Gram had set aside as a surprise.

5. What is the factor that increases the boredom Dicey endures in English class?
(a) The standard fluff her classmates come up with.
(b) The immature responses her classmates come up with.
(c) The simplistic, silly explanations by the teacher.
(d) The almost total lack of responses from her classmates.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Gram's announcement concerning finances?

3. What specific words in the song Dicey hears cause her to stop and concentrate for the meaning?

4. What does Gram announce at dinner on Halloween that pleases everyone at the table?

5. During lunch at the mall, what does Gram report was the teacher's review of James?

(see the answer key)

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