1. What is Gram's advice to Dicey about life in general?
(a) Life passes by much too quickly.
(b) Life is always easy if you smile and dream.
(c) Life is a hard business.
(d) Life can only be lived one day at a time.

2. What happened with Sammy at school that Dicey finds reassuring and amusing?
(a) Sammy and his friends were caught climbing in trees behind the school.
(b) Sammy lost a bet and had to kiss a girl, and he got detention when she screamed.
(c) Sammy got his shoes wet, had to go shoeless inside school all day.
(d) Sammy told several funny stories that got the teacher and students laughing.

3. As they walk their bikes slowly, what idea does Mina suggest to Dicey?
(a) She wants to get to know Maybeth because Mina wants a singing partner.
(b) She wants to get to know James because she heard he is supposedly intelligent.
(c) Sammy may be getting in to fights because people say Gram is an odd person.
(d) Sammy might have an emotional imbalance causing him to be combative.

4. What does Mr. Chappelle tell the class about the quality of Dicey's essay?
(a) The quality is simplistic and beneath grade level.
(b) The quality is too good to have been written by a grade level student.
(c) The quality is stilted and difficult to follow.
(d) The quality is very good for a student at grade level.

5. What is it that gives Dicey the feeling she is always off balance?
(a) Balancing school, home chores and store work can be overwhelming.
(b) James is growing up fast and strong to challenge Dicey at every turn.
(c) Maybeth's progress is always a distraction in Dicey's thoughts.
(d) Trying to follow the advice to hold on to people when she only has the two hands.