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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 happens that distracts and causes James to forget his promise about Maybeth?
(a) James makes a new friend, one who invites him to sleep over.
(b) James visits the library and chooses a dozen fiction books for himself to read.
(c) James injures his ankle while making his deliveries.
(d) James develops a lasting cold from the foul weather endured during deliveries.

2. What does Gram do when she overhears James and Dicey whispering about the family Bible?
(a) Gram weeps sadly and leaves the room.
(b) Gram adds the four kids names to the family Bible list.
(c) Gram seizes the Bible and returns it to the shelves.
(d) Gram smiles, sits quietly, and prays for many minutes.

3. What is Gram's reaction to all the paperwork about welfare assistance?
(a) She intentionally omits much detail.
(b) She refuses to respond to the personal questions.
(c) She cannot do it so gives it all back to the lawyer.
(d) She finds the papers complicated and tells Dicey she needs her help.

4. During lunch at the mall, what does Gram report was the teacher's review of Maybeth?
(a) The teacher said Maybeth may need a tutor to help her stay current.
(b) The teacher said Maybeth's work has gone down since the start of the school year.
(c) The teacher said Maybeth is doing fine, right on course for grade level.
(d) The teacher said Maybeth is disruptive and uncooperative.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gram's advice to Dicey as they conclude talking about Maybeth's note?

2. What is it about Gram that Dicey realizes when she notices how Gram reacts to Maybeth's lateness?

3. What is it about Will Hawkin's character that Dicey considers as the topic for her paper?

4. During lunch at the mall, what does Gram report was the teacher's review of James?

5. What does James think might be the root of Maybeth's reading troubles?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Dicey not pleased with having to shop for bras?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the effect on Dicey when she returns from a brief time out to learn the kids have gone to bed for the night?

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

9. Why does Dicey stop to listen to Jeff play the guitar and sing, but never says much or stays very long?

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

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