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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is it that shows up as a surprise Saturday afternoon when the group is gathered and singing?
(a) Jeff.
(b) Mina.
(c) Millie.
(d) Mr. Lingerle.

2. What does Jeff order and seem to know about when he comes to the market?
(a) Canned vegetables
(b) Meats.
(c) Sugar and flour.
(d) Cooking supplies.

3. What is the outcome of the meeting with the music teacher concerning Maybeth?
(a) Maybeth will undertake remedial work in order to catch up with the class.
(b) Maybeth will acquire a different book and try harder.
(c) No changes will be made until after Dicey talks with the teacher.
(d) He wants to give her weekly private lessons.

4. 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 close the store in the evenings after dinner.
(c) Dicey will open the store in the mornings before school.
(d) Dicey volunteers to do the ordering since Millie has difficulty reading.

5. How does Dicey explain to Mina that she is able to work a job while underage?
(a) Millie at the store never asked for work papers plus she is a lifelong friend of Gram.
(b) Dicey tells Mina to keep the secret that Dicey is paid at the store.
(c) Dicey is undergoing adoption so is eligible to work.
(d) Dicey tells Mina that Millie is not quite right in the head.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which parts of the home economics teacher's explanation capture Dicey's interest?

2. What is Gram's announcement that pleases the children?

3. What does Millie do in an expert manner that Dicey finds interesting to observe?

4. What does Dicey think is the most important aspect of an essay?

5. What does Mina offer as the reason Dicey would not cheat?

(see the answer key)

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