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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gram's announcement that pleases the children?
(a) Their father is living nearby in New York.
(b) The children are moving to Boston to be close to mother.
(c) Gram intends to legally adopt the children.
(d) The four children will not have to separate.

2. What does Dicey like to do for solitary relaxation each afternoon?
(a) She likes to nap in the tall grass behind the barn.
(b) She likes to sit on the hill overlooking the bay.
(c) She likes to sit in Gram's wooden rocker on the porch.
(d) She looks forward to working on the boat alone each afternoon.

3. Who is the subject of the long letter mailed from Boston to Gram?
(a) Maybeth.
(b) Dicey's father.
(c) Dicey's mother.
(d) James.

4. What is it about Wilhemina Smiths that makes an impression on Dicey?
(a) Wilhemina responds as if she has taken the English class in the past.
(b) Wilhemina has some insightful thoughts offered during English classes.
(c) Wilhemina seems to know the material without studying.
(d) Wilhemina is uncomfortable expressing her thoughts.

5. What is the factor that increases the boredom Dicey endures in English class?
(a) The standard fluff her classmates come up with.
(b) The immature responses her classmates come up with.
(c) The almost total lack of responses from her classmates.
(d) The simplistic, silly explanations by the teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dicey's suggestion to Gram concerning the teacher note?

2. While doing homework together, what does Dicey learn is troubling James about his classmates?

3. What advice does Dicey sharply deliver to James about school and fitting in?

4. What is Dicey's reaction to Jeff's choice of song and lyrics he sings for her?

5. What specific words in the song Dicey hears cause her to stop and concentrate for the meaning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dicey begin the school year with a loner attitude and does not attempt to make any friends?

2. What is the importance of the presence of Mr. Limgerle as the babysitter and staying as dinner guest?

3. What action does Gram take that compromises her long held principles but demonstrates her willingness to do what needs to be done?

4. What does Gram taking Dicey on the shopping trip indicate?

5. What does Gram's insistence about buying a jumper and a dress indicate?

6. Why does Gram insist upon first telling only Dicey about what the teachers had to say?

7. How does the current condition of the sailboat and Dicey's plans for it align with the current situation of the kids?

8. What does the reaction of Gram and Dicey to the suggestion of a tutor for Maybeth indicate?

9. What does Dicey's surprise at being chosen as Mina's science class partner indicate about Dicey's frame of mind.

10. What does Gram's reaction about the kids in the attic reveal?

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