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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What thought occurs to Dicey as she resumes washing the market windows?
(a) She does not really need school, she would be happy with a little store.
(b) She needs to try harder in school so she can do more than wash windows.
(c) If you learn something, that does not mean you have to do it.
(d) People in small towns are petty and self-absorbed.

2. Though Liza seems not to notice, what does Gram sit and do?
(a) Gram does the meal planning for Liza's diet.
(b) Gram writes a letter to the bank for Liza.
(c) Gram talks non-stop about the past and about the kids.
(d) Gram fills in information on the job forms.

3. What does Mr. Chappelle tell the class about the quality of Dicey's essay?
(a) The quality is too good to have been written by a grade level student.
(b) The quality is stilted and difficult to follow.
(c) The quality is very good for a student at grade level.
(d) The quality is simplistic and beneath grade level.

4. What does Sammy repeatedly ask of the others in order to avoid conversation?
(a) Sammy wants to know who can teach him to play marbles.
(b) Sammy asks if Mina has a boyfriend in school.
(c) Sammy asks if he can help Millie and Dicey at the store.
(d) Sammy asks if Dicey has a boyfriend in school.

5. What does the group do after Thanksgiving dinner?
(a) All take a walk together through the marsh down to the bay.
(b) All agree to play board games in the living room.
(c) Each picks a comfortable spot in the living room and tells stories.
(d) Each picks a comfortable spot in the living room and all nap a while.

6. What is Sammy's reaction when Jeff offers Dicey and Sammy a ride home in his car?
(a) Sammy turns and walks away without any comment.
(b) Sammy becomes very still and nervous.
(c) Sammy is belligerent and rude.
(d) Sammy is very excited about riding in Jeff's car.

7. What are Dicey's thoughts about her grade for home ec?
(a) The teacher has given Dicey a break because Dicey is new to the school.
(b) The next semester was certainly going to be harder material.
(c) The next semester was probably going to be easier material.
(d) She did not try hard, but had attended all the classes and did the work requested.

8. What does Mina confide to Dicey are her problems?
(a) Mina is an intelligent, huge black female with a pleasing personality, a giant oddball.
(b) Mina has to be known as the perfect daughter of the local preacher.
(c) Mina is like Dicey because she does not care what people think.
(d) Mina comes from a huge family none of whom she approves of.

9. Who is it that shows up as a surprise Saturday afternoon when the group is gathered and singing?
(a) Mina.
(b) Millie.
(c) Mr. Lingerle.
(d) Jeff.

10. Why is it that Dicey dislikes home economics class?
(a) The boring topics are of interest only to people that do not have more important things.
(b) The classroom of all girls is silly and immature.
(c) The teacher is impatient and incompetent.
(d) Home ec is the last class of the day and Dicey just wants to go to work.

11. Who is it the family reaches out to and invites to Thanksgiving dinner?
(a) Jeff Cooper.
(b) MillieTydings.
(c) Mrs. Easterleigh.
(d) Mr. Lingerle.

12. What is Jeff's surprise question to Dicey as they walk from the school to the market?
(a) Jeff asks if Maybeth can come to his house to sing songs.
(b) Jeff asks Dicey to a school dance.
(c) Jeff asks if he can come to the farm to see her again Saturday.
(d) Jeff asks if Dicey can get him a job at the market.

13. What does Gram tell Dicey to do with the money she hands to her?
(a) Go get decent take out food for Gram, Liza and herself.
(b) Go buy Liza new winter boots.
(c) Go Christmas shopping for the kids.
(d) Go put this in Liza's account.

14. As Dicey concludes talking with the man, what decision does she make?
(a) Liza would enjoy all the wood carvings in the shop.
(b) Dicey cannot spend the remainder of Gram's money.
(c) The man at the glass case is not easy to like.
(d) Liza is coming home with Dicey and Gram.

15. Dicey's essay should fail because it did not comply with what restriction according to Mr. Chappelle?
(a) The essay is supposed to be about a fictional character with conflicts.
(b) The essay is supposed to be about a real person the student knows.
(c) The essay is too short in length for the assignment.
(d) The essay is too long for the assignment.

Short Answer Questions

1. After dinner as they sit by the fire, what is Gram's advice to Dicey?

2. What becomes a topic of conversation during dinner?

3. What is the big change Dicey sees in herself since she and Gram left Maryland?

4. What does Gram do that is a big surprise for Sammy?

5. What is Dicey's reaction when Jeff comes in to the market?

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