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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During lunch at the mall, what does Gram report was the teacher's review of James?
(a) The teacher said James may need a tutor to help him stay current.
(b) The teacher said James' work has gone down since the start of the school year.
(c) The teacher said James needs to spend more time reading.
(d) The teacher said James is doing fine, right on course for grade level.

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

3. What is the subject matter in English class that Dicey finds boring?
(a) Character development in fiction.
(b) Character conflict in fiction.
(c) Character conflict in biographies.
(d) Recently published fiction books that have sold as Hollywood movie themes.

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

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

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

7. What advice does Dicey sharply deliver to James about school and fitting in?
(a) Worry concerning anything does not do any good.
(b) School lasts only a few years.
(c) School is a place where under-achievers pull down the achievers.
(d) School exists to employ adults and boost adult egos.

8. During lunch at the mall, what does Gram report was the teacher's review of Sammy?
(a) The teacher said Sammy may need a tutor to help him stay current.
(b) The teacher said Sammy is an angel, quiet and cooperative as can be.
(c) The teacher said Sammy is disruptive and uncooperative.
(d) The teacher said Sammy is doing fine, right on course for grade level.

9. What is Maybeth able to do at school that Dicey is determined not to do?
(a) Maybeth sits and reads for hours at the school library.
(b) Maybeth works harder than every other student in her class.
(c) Maybeth is making friends at school.
(d) Maybeth develops a respect for teachers that Dicey cannot seem to do.

10. What is the subject of the meeting with Maybeth's music teacher?
(a) The music teacher thinks Maybeth is very talented.
(b) The music teacher thinks Maybeth should withdraw from the music class.
(c) The music teacher thinks Maybeth does not try to succeed.
(d) The music teacher thinks Maybeth needs remedial help.

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

12. What advice from Gram does Dicey recall when she gets irritated with James?
(a) Gram says always tell people exactly what you think about them.
(b) Gram says never speak in anger, always wait one full day.
(c) Gram says you have to hold on to people you love or they can slip away.
(d) Gram says never tell a person the hurtful truth.

13. What does Dicey like to do for solitary relaxation each afternoon?
(a) She likes to sit on the hill overlooking the bay.
(b) She looks forward to working on the boat alone each afternoon.
(c) She likes to nap in the tall grass behind the barn.
(d) She likes to sit in Gram's wooden rocker on the porch.

14. What is the message in the note from Maybeth's teacher?
(a) The note requests a meeting the afternoon of the next day.
(b) Maybeth is in danger of failing.
(c) Maybeth has been insulting to the teacher.
(d) Maybeth's classroom conduct is out of control.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who befriends Dicey in science class and asks to partner with her?

2. What is Gram's suggestion to Dicey concerning the teacher note?

3. Where is Dicey's part-time job?

4. What is Gram's announcement that pleases the children?

5. After some discussion among James, Gram, Mr. Lingerle and Dicey, what is the plan agreed upon for Maybeth.

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