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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dicey's response when Mina says she counted on Dicey not to be ordinary?
(a) Dicey tells her that she wants more than anything to be ordinary.
(b) Dicey tells Mina she does not want the apron she made, Mina can have it.
(c) Dicey tells her not to wait after class anymore.
(d) Dicey tells her not to count on me for anything.

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

3. What do Gram and Dicey agree upon about Maybeth's word lists and study assignments?
(a) Maybeth is not learning to read using that method.
(b) Maybeth is progressing at her own pace and will eventually catch up with others.
(c) Maybeth deserves less study time, more time for herself.
(d) Maybeth is a good student saddled with incompetent instructors.

4. What is Dicey's suggestion to Gram concerning the teacher note?
(a) Write a return note suggesting Maybeth move to a different class.
(b) Ignore the request for a meeting.
(c) Write a return note stating Maybeth does the best she can.
(d) Dicey offers to see the music teacher after school the next day.

5. What does James say about fitting in at the new school?
(a) Teachers and principals make it easy for new comers to fit in.
(b) New comers never quite fit in at middle school and high school.
(c) James cares about fitting in, Dicey does not care.
(d) Dicey cares about fitting in, James does not care.

6. What does the nun at day camp recommend concerning Maybeth's learning progress?
(a) She recommends Maybeth spend more time around adults.
(b) She recommends Maybeth spend more time among other girls.
(c) She recommends Maybeth attend a school for the retarded.
(d) She recommends Maybeth attend the local Catholic grade school.

7. What is it that distracts Dicey as she hurries from the school to the bike rack?
(a) Dicey imagines Gram sitting on the wall staring at the sky.
(b) Dicey notices a group of town girls and boys huddled together behind the school.
(c) Dicey notices a boy and a girl from a higher grade kissing behind the school.
(d) Dicey sees a boy playing a guitar on a wall behind the school.

8. What is Dicey's thought about her own paper and James' paper about Pilgrims?
(a) James is just too smart for her to keep up with.
(b) James usually misses the point about life happenings.
(c) She can organize her thoughts and her writing better than James can organize his.
(d) James has a good mind but has trouble putting thoughts on paper.

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

10. After some discussion among James, Gram, Mr. Lingerle and Dicey, what is the plan agreed upon for Maybeth.
(a) Mr. Lingerle will go to the library to do some research.
(b) Maybeth needs more word lists to work on.
(c) Maybeth needs more difficult word lists in order to progress.
(d) James will go to the library to do some research.

11. What does Dicey conclude about her own standing in her class?
(a) All of her classmates are advanced far beyond the level of Dicey's previous school.
(b) Wilhemina seems to be the only other person in the class as smart as Dicey.
(c) All of her classmates seem to be smarter than Dicey.
(d) Not a one of her classmates is as smart as Dicey.

12. 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 life is too much about luck, not about substance.
(d) James says all yesterdays are better than the present days.

13. What is it about the history paper James writes that is different than the usual?
(a) James details the reasons why each Pilgrim chose to come to America.
(b) James focuses only on the children aboard the Pilgrim voyage.
(c) James details the personal wealth of some of the leaders on the voyage.
(d) James researched the weather patterns that existed during the Pilgrim voyage.

14. Who is the person Gram and Dicey decide to talk with about Maybeth's school progress?
(a) Mr. Lingerle.
(b) Millie.
(c) James.
(d) Mr Chappelle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of chore work does Dicey welcome to keep her focused on her project?

2. What does James think might be the root of Maybeth's reading troubles?

3. As Dicey lies on the dock staring at stars, what does she conclude is making her edgy?

4. When Sammy says Dicey never gets in trouble, what does Dicey say about her troubles.

5. What thought occurs to Dicey when James shows the family Bible with the names of Gram's children written inside?

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