1. What is the surprise when Gram and Dicey get off the train in Wilmington?
(a) They will have to wait /sleep in the bus terminal for 12 hours.
(b) Their tickets are actually valid to Baltimore.
(c) There is a bus strike in Delaware and they are stranded.
(d) Mr. Lingerle and the kids are waiting for them.

2. Why does Dicey not want Sammy to help with scraping the boat?
(a) Dicey is the only person that knows how and she does not want to instruct.
(b) Sammy is too needy and will want to help every day.
(c) Dicey wants the time and the boat to herself, not to share.
(d) Sammy is too easily distracted and careless.

3. When Sammy says Dicey never gets in trouble, what does Dicey say about her troubles.
(a) Dicey does not mind any troubles she has that she makes for herself.
(b) Dicey says troubles are only a rocky road to better things.
(c) Dicey says although it does not show, troubles make her very nervous.
(d) Dicey says only other people can cause a person troubles.

4. What specific words in the song Dicey hears cause her to stop and concentrate for the meaning?
(a) Cannot find the ways
(b) A coat of many colors.
(c) Time to start anew
(d) All such days are done.

5. What is a comforting thought to Dicey as they sit at the table in the evening?
(a) Life at the farm is better than in Massachusetts.
(b) Current troubles of each will pass, the most important thing is they are together.
(c) Gram seems to be getting used to having them at her farm.
(d) Gram adopting all four will mean they can stay together.