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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 Dicey's suggestion to Gram concerning the teacher note?
(a) Write a return note suggesting Maybeth move to a different class.
(b) Dicey offers to see the music teacher after school the next day.
(c) Write a return note stating Maybeth does the best she can.
(d) Ignore the request for a meeting.

2. Where is Dicey's part-time job?
(a) Car wash.
(b) Pet store.
(c) Local public library.
(d) A small grocery store.

3. Why does Dicey not want Sammy to help with scraping the boat?
(a) Dicey wants the time and the boat to herself, not to share.
(b) Sammy is too easily distracted and careless.
(c) Dicey is the only person that knows how and she does not want to instruct.
(d) Sammy is too needy and will want to help every day.

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

5. During lunch at the mall, what does Gram report was the teacher's review of James?
(a) The teacher said James is doing fine, right on course for grade level.
(b) The teacher said James' work has gone down since the start of the school year.
(c) The teacher said James needs to spend more time reading.
(d) The teacher said James may need a tutor to help him stay current.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James say about fitting in at the new school?

2. What has happened to Maybeth that brings her to uncontrollable sobbing?

3. What is it that distracts Dicey as she hurries from the school to the bike rack?

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

5. What image of her mother comes to her mind as Dicey is sitting alone on the dock at sunset?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the impact on Gram's life now that the children have settled in at the farm?

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

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

6. When Maybeth is discouraged and upset by how others treat her, what does James' reaction indicate?

7. Dicey manages to do well in most of her classes but what is it that nags at her full enjoyment?

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

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

10. How is Dicey's thinking impacted when she learns Millie cannot read?

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