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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Dicey's reaction when Jeff comes in to the market?
(a) Dicey intentionally stands where Jeff does not see her.
(b) Dicey goes to the back room to avoid talking to Jeff.
(c) Dicey is unresponsive to Jeff's attempt at friendly conversation.
(d) Dicey is smiling and happy to see Jeff.

4. What does the teacher emphasize as the most important aspect of the essay project?
(a) The common errors most of the students made on the essay.
(b) The essays are a chance for inner reflection.
(c) The essays are a means to promote group common ground.
(d) The grade is the most important part.

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

6. Who is the person that shows up on Saturday as a surprise when Dicey is working on the boat?
(a) Jeff.
(b) Millie.
(c) Mr. Lingerle.
(d) Toby.

7. What is Gram's reaction to the suggestion she is a social oddball?
(a) Gram says she is the same as most people that live in the area.
(b) Gram says people have never gossiped about her or her family.
(c) Gram says how she lives her life is nobody's business.
(d) Gram says people have always liked and socialized with her.

8. What is it that gives Dicey the feeling she is always off balance?
(a) Trying to follow the advice to hold on to people when she only has the two hands.
(b) James is growing up fast and strong to challenge Dicey at every turn.
(c) Balancing school, home chores and store work can be overwhelming.
(d) Maybeth's progress is always a distraction in Dicey's thoughts.

9. What advice from Gram does Dicey recall when Mina becomes defensive?
(a) Better to say nothing than to say a lie.
(b) Too many questions leads to too few answers.
(c) You cannot reach out with a clenched hand.
(d) Time passes faster than the past.

10. After dinner as they sit by the fire, what is Gram's advice to Dicey?
(a) School passes quickly and is not the real world at all.
(b) Teachers are trained to be critical so pay no heed.
(c) You have to reach out to people, especially family, and not just let them struggle.
(d) People can be cruel and uncaring about others feelings.

11. What is Millie's description when Dicey asks what Gram was like when young?
(a) Millie describes Gram as weepy and overly emotional when a young teen.
(b) Millie describes Gram as extremely shy and painfully withdrawn as a child.
(c) Millie describes Gram as rugged and self-reliant when a young teen.
(d) Millie describes Gram as pert and outspoken with a sharp witty tongue.

12. What happened with Sammy at school that Dicey finds reassuring and amusing?
(a) Sammy told several funny stories that got the teacher and students laughing.
(b) Sammy and his friends were caught climbing in trees behind the school.
(c) Sammy got his shoes wet, had to go shoeless inside school all day.
(d) Sammy lost a bet and had to kiss a girl, and he got detention when she screamed.

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

14. What is Millie's comment concerning Gram since the kids showed up?
(a) Gram is more secretive and withdrawn.
(b) Gram is worn down and tired from the extra work.
(c) Gram is more like her old self.
(d) Gram is more optimistic about everything.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeff say he was hoping for when he gives a ride to the farm?

2. As Mina and Dicey talk about different types of people, what does Dicey say about all people?

3. What are Dicey's thoughts about her grade for English?

4. Who is the real life person that Mina chose to write about for her essay?

5. What does Gram harshly tell Dicey will happen if Dicey does not follow Gram's advice?

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