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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 got his shoes wet, had to go shoeless inside school all day.
(c) Sammy and his friends were caught climbing in trees behind the school.
(d) Sammy lost a bet and had to kiss a girl, and he got detention when she screamed.

2. What does Dicey go and do immediately after the conversation with Gram?
(a) She calls Mina and thanks her for the support in class that day.
(b) She sits for two hours in her room thinking about Momma.
(c) She goes for a short walk in the salt marsh flats.
(d) She awakens James and tells him about the conversation.

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

4. Who stops to talk a moment about school as Dicey is washing the market windows?
(a) Mrs. Smarts.
(b) Mr. Lingerle.
(c) Miss Eversleigh.
(d) Mr. Toby.

5. What is Millie's reaction to singing and guitar playing in the store?
(a) She thinks it is pretty, better than piped in supermarket music.
(b) She thinks the disruption can be heard outside and is too noisy.
(c) Millie thinks people entering the store will be annoyed.
(d) Millie thinks it best if this is not done in the store.

6. What becomes a topic of conversation during dinner?
(a) Thanksgiving dinners of previous years.
(b) The changes in town since Gram was a child.
(c) Cooking methods for turkey and chickens.
(d) Family heirloom silver that was passed down from bootlegger ancestors.

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

8. 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 rugged and self-reliant when a young teen.
(c) Millie describes Gram as pert and outspoken with a sharp witty tongue.
(d) Millie describes Gram as extremely shy and painfully withdrawn as a child.

9. What does Gram explain about herself and her advice?
(a) School did not matter for Gram because she did not go on to university.
(b) Gram took too long to learn in life so Dicey should learn when young
(c) Gram always wanted to be a teacher but people were uncaring toward her.
(d) Gram's life and experience has always been simple and straightforward.

10. What is Dicey's reaction to Mr. Chappelle's comments as she leaves the room?
(a) Dicey does not react because what he says does not matter.
(b) Dicey stops and glares at him until he turns away from her.
(c) Tears well in her eyes as she keeps walking.
(d) Dicey drops her bookbag and runs from the room.

11. 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 how she lives her life is nobody's business.
(c) Gram says people have always liked and socialized with her.
(d) Gram says people have never gossiped about her or her family.

12. What does James offer as proof that Maybeth is making progress?
(a) Maybeth can later recall and describe what she has read previously.
(b) Maybeth does not use word lists any longer, she can now sit with a book.
(c) Maybeth can verbally summarize what she has just read.
(d) Maybeth understands the silly jokes in her easy reader book.

13. 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) Life at the farm is better than in Massachusetts.
(c) Current troubles of each will pass, the most important thing is they are together.
(d) Gram adopting all four will mean they can stay together.

14. 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 comes from a huge family none of whom she approves of.
(c) Mina has to be known as the perfect daughter of the local preacher.
(d) Mina is like Dicey because she does not care what people think.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor say to Dicey that provokes her anger and grief?

2. What does Mr. Chappelle tell the class about the quality of Dicey's essay?

3. What is clear to Dicey when see sees Momma?

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

5. Who is it the family reaches out to and invites to Thanksgiving dinner?

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