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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The children now admire Gram and envy Sammy.
(d) Sammy gets a dozen pair of warm wool socks and two hats.

2. What is Mr Chappelle's comment to Dicey as she leaves the classroom?
(a) He tells her she cannot continue in class until she answers all questions.
(b) He tells her he will call Gram about the essay.
(c) He tells her she can make up for the fail grade next semester.
(d) He apologizes and says he will correct her grades.

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(a) Millie describes Gram as extremely shy and painfully withdrawn as a child.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

4. What does Dicey think is the most important aspect of an essay?
(a) The comments about punctuation because it always counts on the next essay.
(b) The grade is the only important part.
(c) The teacher notes because that gives all the clues on how to improve a grade.
(d) Topic sentences that give each part meaning to the whole.

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

6. Who is the real life person that Dicey chose to write about for her essay?
(a) Momma.
(b) Gram.
(c) Millie.
(d) Mrs. Eastleigh.

7. What is clear to Dicey when see sees Momma?
(a) Momma has trouble expressing her thoughts.
(b) Momma is dying.
(c) Momma has gained some weight and looks better.
(d) Momma seems to have an inner tranquility.

8. 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.

9. What does Gram do that is a big surprise for Sammy?
(a) She tells him they might get some chickens for the farm.
(b) She goes to his school at lunch recess and plays marbles with all the kids.
(c) She brings him up to the attic to see the storage trunks.
(d) She lets him drive the boat for a ride in the bay.

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

11. How does the home ec teacher explain the importance of the course?
(a) Skills are taught that the girls owe it to themselves to know.
(b) The local business community donates the supplies to help the students in town.
(c) The local business community demands students be knowledgeable about the topics.
(d) The course is mandatory to pass along to the next grade level.

12. Which parts of the home economics teacher's explanation capture Dicey's interest?
(a) Sewing and repair of garments to save buying new.
(b) Wool knitting to make clothes for the kids.
(c) Meal preparation for guests such as Mr. Lingerle.
(d) None, Dicey pays no attention and spends the time thinking about Sammy.

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

14. 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 very excited about riding in Jeff's car.
(d) Sammy is belligerent and rude.

15. 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) People can be cruel and uncaring about others feelings.
(c) You have to reach out to people, especially family, and not just let them struggle.
(d) Teachers are trained to be critical so pay no heed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jeff's surprise question to Dicey as they walk from the school to the market?

2. What is the question from Mina that Dicey stands mute and will not answer?

3. What is Gram's reaction to the suggestion she is a social oddball?

4. What does Sammy repeatedly ask of the others in order to avoid conversation?

5. What are the feelings Dicey gets when shopping that she wants Gram to also experience?

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