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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 advice from Gram does Dicey recall when she gets irritated with James?
(a) Gram says never tell a person the hurtful truth.
(b) Gram says you have to hold on to people you love or they can slip away.
(c) Gram says always tell people exactly what you think about them.
(d) Gram says never speak in anger, always wait one full day.

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

3. What recent find in the barn distracts Dicey's thoughts toward a daydream?
(a) An old hunting rifle.
(b) A small sailboat.
(c) A leather horse saddle.
(d) An old pickup truck.

4. What is Dicey's reaction as Gram silently reads the long letter?
(a) Dicey is angry at James.
(b) Dicey is happy for Maybeth.
(c) Dicey is impatient and fidgety.
(d) Dicey is angry at her father.

5. What comment by James causes Dicey to understand why James is brooding?
(a) James says people are always mean-spirited no matter what.
(b) James says some people are always outsiders, wherever they are.
(c) James says life is too much about luck, not about substance.
(d) James says all yesterdays are better than the present days.

Short Answer Questions

1. After lunch, what do Gram and Dicey conclude should be advice to Sammy about school?

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

3. What sort of chore work does Dicey welcome to keep her focused on her project?

4. What is Gram's announcement that pleases the children?

5. What makes Dicey doubt that Maybeth might be retarded?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Gram receives along letter from the doctor in Boston about Momma's condition. What are Dicey's thoughts when Gram tells her that there has been no change in Momma's condition?

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

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

7. What action does Gram take that signals maybe there is a chance for a stable future in Maryland?

8. How does the small sailboat Dicey finds in the barn anchor her thoughts on this day?

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

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

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