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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happens that distracts and causes James to forget his promise about Maybeth?
(a) James visits the library and chooses a dozen fiction books for himself to read.
(b) James injures his ankle while making his deliveries.
(c) James makes a new friend, one who invites him to sleep over.
(d) James develops a lasting cold from the foul weather endured during deliveries.

4. What does Dicey like to do for solitary relaxation each afternoon?
(a) She likes to sit in Gram's wooden rocker on the porch.
(b) She likes to sit on the hill overlooking the bay.
(c) She looks forward to working on the boat alone each afternoon.
(d) She likes to nap in the tall grass behind the barn.

5. What does Dicey go and do immediately after the conversation with Gram?
(a) She sits for two hours in her room thinking about Momma.
(b) She goes for a short walk in the salt marsh flats.
(c) She calls Mina and thanks her for the support in class that day.
(d) She awakens James and tells him about the conversation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dicey tell Gram concerning her grade for English?

2. What are Dicey's thoughts about her grade for home ec?

3. What items do Gram and Dicey purchase on their trip to the mall?

4. What happened with Sammy at school that Dicey finds reassuring and amusing?

5. What does the group do after Thanksgiving dinner?

(see the answer key)

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