1. 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) Gram seems to be getting used to having them at her farm.
(c) Current troubles of each will pass, the most important thing is they are together.
(d) Gram adopting all four will mean they can stay together.

2. What does James express to Dicey that he finds odd about Gram?
(a) Gram does not display pictures of her children or ever talk about the past.
(b) Gram seems distracted by events in long years passed.
(c) Gram has unexplainable dark moods that come and go suddenly.
(d) Gram tells too many quick stories about her kids.

3. What thought occurs to Dicey as she watches James try to calm Maybeth?
(a) Part of holding on to a person was letting each do things their own way.
(b) Dicey realizes James has uncommon sensitivity about failure.
(c) Dicey realizes James is an emotional bully.
(d) Dicey realizes James is not capable of understanding others.

4. What is the outcome of Gram's surprise for Sammy?
(a) Sammy gets a dozen pair of warm wool socks and two hats.
(b) The children now admire Gram and envy Sammy.
(c) Gram and Sammy read several livestock and feed magazines together.
(d) Sammy and Gram get their clothes soaking wet from the boat spray.

5. What is Dicey's reply to Jeff's surprise question?
(a) Dicey says Maybeth is too young to leave the farm regularly.
(b) Dicey says she is too young to get a regular job.
(c) Dicey says she is too young to be going to dances.
(d) Dicey says she is too young to have regular Saturday visitors.