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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a comforting thought to Dicey as they sit at the table in the evening?
(a) Gram seems to be getting used to having them at her farm.
(b) Current troubles of each will pass, the most important thing is they are together.
(c) Life at the farm is better than in Massachusetts.
(d) Gram adopting all four will mean they can stay together.

2. What does Mina offer as the reason Dicey would not cheat?
(a) Dicey is too timid and cowardly to cheat.
(b) Dicey would not bother to cheat because she does not care what others think.
(c) Dicey is so smart she does not need to cheat.
(d) Dicey is part of one of the most honorable families in town.

3. 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) Balancing school, home chores and store work can be overwhelming.
(c) Maybeth's progress is always a distraction in Dicey's thoughts.
(d) James is growing up fast and strong to challenge Dicey at every turn.

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

5. 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.

6. 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) Time passes faster than the past.
(d) You cannot reach out with a clenched hand.

7. What does Jeff order and seem to know about when he comes to the market?
(a) Sugar and flour.
(b) Canned vegetables
(c) Cooking supplies.
(d) Meats.

8. 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 Maybeth can come to his house to sing songs.
(c) Jeff asks Dicey to a school dance.
(d) Jeff asks if Dicey can get him a job at the market.

9. What is Millie's reaction to Jeff's visit to the market?
(a) His visit prompts her to remind Dicey about the chores.
(b) His visit prompts her to recall her years growing up with Gram.
(c) His visit causes her to tease and giggle with Dicey.
(d) His visit causes her to be embarrassed about the condition of the market.

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

11. As Mina and Dicey talk about different types of people, what does Dicey say about all people?
(a) Everybody has negative secrets about themselves.
(b) People cannot be trusted to not reveal secrets about another.
(c) Everybody has something about them you just do not like.
(d) People are better off not being able to choose their family members.

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

13. What are Dicey's thoughts about her grade for English?
(a) English is not an easy subject for her so take what she can get.
(b) There must be a mistake because she is one of the smartest in the class.
(c) The teacher has given Dicey a break because Dicey is new to the school.
(d) English is an easy subject for her so she can do even better next semester.

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

15. What is the question from Mina that Dicey stands mute and will not answer?
(a) Mina asks did Dicey write the essay herself.
(b) Mina asks the name of the person who helped Dicey write the essay.
(c) Mina asks if Dicey is a relative of the person described in the essay.
(d) Mina asks if the person described is someone Dicey knows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gram tell Dicey to do with the money she hands to her?

2. What does the group do after Thanksgiving dinner?

3. What is Mr Chappelle's comment to Dicey as she leaves the classroom?

4. What happened with Sammy at school that Dicey finds reassuring and amusing?

5. As Dicey concludes talking with the man, what decision does she make?

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