1. What is Millie's description when Dicey asks what Gram was like when young?
(a) Millie describes Gram as pert and outspoken with a sharp witty tongue.
(b) Millie describes Gram as weepy and overly emotional when a young teen.
(c) Millie describes Gram as rugged and self-reliant when a young teen.
(d) Millie describes Gram as extremely shy and painfully withdrawn as a child.

2. What does Miss Preston suggest as a solution to the high cost of returning Liza to Maryland?
(a) Private driver.
(b) Physical therapy.
(c) Cremation.
(d) Hospice.

3. What is Gram's special announcement she makes as she serves the warm apple pie?
(a) She has completed the legal adoption of the kids.
(b) She has found a way to get additional financial aid.
(c) The adoption process is unnecessary; the kids are legally her family.
(d) The lawyers and judge will soon make a home visit to complete the adoption.

4. What are Dicey's thoughts as she realizes the younger ones are getting along without her?
(a) She resents Gram's easy manner in taking over the responsibility for the kids.
(b) She thinks James is growing too fast and is trying to take her rightful place.
(c) She feels abandoned and resentful at being left out of their lives.
(d) She feels good about not having all the responsibility for the kids.

5. What does James reveal on the phone that Dicey begins to argue about?
(a) James says the trip to Massachusetts was too sudden and unnecessary.
(b) James says all the family will never recover from the trauma of the last year.
(c) James had researched at the library and knew Momma would never recover.
(d) James says they cannot continue to live in Maryland.