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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the class reaction when Mr. Chappelle concludes reading Mina's essay?
(a) Impatience about getting all the essays passed out.
(b) No one seems to be paying attention.
(c) Laughter and comments of praise.
(d) Uncomfortable silence followed by random speaking out.

2. 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.

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

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

5. What is the teacher's reaction to Dicey's meal planning effort?
(a) The teacher ignores Dicey's response and changes the subject.
(b) The teacher uses Dicey's response as an example of improved skills.
(c) The teacher smiles and commends Dicey for good effort.
(d) The teacher becomes upset with her when she thinks Dicey is fooling around.

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

7. 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 real person the student knows.
(b) The essay is too long for the assignment.
(c) The essay is too short in length for the assignment.
(d) The essay is supposed to be about a fictional character with conflicts.

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

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

10. What does Dicey come to realize as she and Gram end their conversation by the fire?
(a) Gram has a deep, dark unreachable nature.
(b) Life at the farm with Gram is going to be fun.
(c) Life at the farm with Gram is going to be a hard, poor struggle.
(d) Gram is reaching out to Dicey.

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

12. What is Dicey's reply to Jeff's surprise question?
(a) Dicey says she is too young to be going to dances.
(b) Dicey says Maybeth is too young to leave the farm regularly.
(c) Dicey says she is too young to get a regular job.
(d) Dicey says she is too young to have regular Saturday visitors.

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

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

15. After dinner as they sit by the fire, what is Gram's advice to Dicey?
(a) People can be cruel and uncaring about others feelings.
(b) School passes quickly and is not the real world at all.
(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 Millie's reaction to singing and guitar playing in the store?

2. Which parts of the home economics teacher's explanation capture Dicey's interest?

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

4. What does Dicey go and do immediately after the conversation with Gram?

5. What becomes a topic of conversation during dinner?

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