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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 suggestion to Dicey concerning the teacher note?
(a) Gram will meet with the teacher at the end of term.
(b) Gram has already planned to go meet the teacher the next day.
(c) Gram will ask the lawyer to contact the teacher.
(d) Maybeth will stay home from school the next day.

2. What is it about Will Hawkin's character that Dicey considers as the topic for her paper?
(a) He is a sad individual who hides behind the image of a fun-loving person.
(b) He keeps his two aspects of life separate, his friends and his work.
(c) He is essentially honest but tries to convey an image of shady dealer.
(d) He is essentially a shady person but tries to convey an image of honesty.

3. What thought occurs to Dicey as she watches James try to calm Maybeth?
(a) Dicey realizes James has uncommon sensitivity about failure.
(b) Dicey realizes James is not capable of understanding others.
(c) Dicey realizes James is an emotional bully.
(d) Part of holding on to a person was letting each do things their own way.

4. What does Dicey's new friend say that indicates a true friendship is possible?
(a) Tells Dicey to call her Mandy, the name her friends call her.
(b) She gives Dicey her phone number.
(c) Tells Dicey to call her Mina, the name her friends call her.
(d) He gives Dicey his phone number.

5. What does Millie do in an expert manner that Dicey finds interesting to observe?
(a) Carve designs in the cheese on display.
(b) Recite from memory the sizes and quantities for re-order.
(c) Cut up a side of beef.
(d) Arrange the cold cuts in the deli case.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dicey not want Sammy to help with scraping the boat?

2. What thought occurs to Dicey as she watches Sammy fill in at James' job?

3. What does Dicey like to do for solitary relaxation each afternoon?

4. What is Dicey's assessment of her new school and classes?

5. Who is the subject of the long letter mailed from Boston to Gram?

Short Essay Questions

1. What small initiative step does Dicey take soon after school starts that shows she still feels responsible for the four kids?

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

3. Dicey relaxes in the yard a few days before school is to begin and thinks about the future. What thoughts are most troubling?

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

5. How does the time in Provincetown appear to have impact upon James as the school year gets underway?

6. What is the impact on Dicey when James gets his job delivering newspapers?

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

8. What does Sammy striving to be the perfect student ultimately lead to?

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

10. What does Dicey's actions regarding the home economics apron project reveal about her inner self?

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