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

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

3. What does Dicey conclude about her own standing in her class?
(a) Not a one of her classmates is as smart as Dicey.
(b) All of her classmates are advanced far beyond the level of Dicey's previous school.
(c) Wilhemina seems to be the only other person in the class as smart as Dicey.
(d) All of her classmates seem to be smarter than Dicey.

4. Who is softly playing at the piano keys after dinner trying to harmonize a song tune?
(a) Dicey.
(b) James.
(c) Maybeth.
(d) Gram.

5. What has Gram planned for the Saturday after Halloween?
(a) A family visit to town after Dicey's work at the store.
(b) A day to take size measurements so Gram can make winter clothes for the kids.
(c) A shopping trip and discussion with Dicey about the teacher conferences.
(d) Some of the kids' classmates can come to the farm in the afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gram announce at dinner on Halloween that pleases everyone at the table?

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

3. What is Dicey's reaction when the children go to bed without saying goodnight to her?

4. What recent find in the barn distracts Dicey's thoughts toward a daydream?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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