1. What is Dicey's assessment of her new school and classes?
(a) School day is long, slow, and boring
(b) School day is a whirl of thinking and doing.
(c) School day is a series of posturing, posing, and pretending.
(d) School is a fun filled, safe haven from the real world.

2. What is Gram's suggestion to Dicey concerning the teacher note?
(a) Gram will ask the lawyer to contact the teacher.
(b) Gram has already planned to go meet the teacher the next day.
(c) Maybeth will stay home from school the next day.
(d) Gram will meet with the teacher at the end of term.

3. When Mina and Dicey talk about plans for a personal future, what are Dicey's plans?
(a) She plans to maybe own a small store similar to Millie's.
(b) She plans to stay in the town, maybe take over Gram's farm.
(c) She has not made plans; she has only lived day to day.
(d) She plans to be a school teacher in Massachusetts.

4. What comment by James causes Dicey to understand why James is brooding?
(a) James says people are always mean-spirited no matter what.
(b) James says some people are always outsiders, wherever they are.
(c) James says all yesterdays are better than the present days.
(d) James says life is too much about luck, not about substance.

5. What does Gram do that is a big surprise for Sammy?
(a) She lets him drive the boat for a ride in the bay.
(b) She tells him they might get some chickens for the farm.
(c) She brings him up to the attic to see the storage trunks.
(d) She goes to his school at lunch recess and plays marbles with all the kids.