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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 thinking about as she lies relaxing under the tree?
(a) Christmas.
(b) The long previous summer of travel.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) High school.

2. What do Gram and Dicey agree upon about Maybeth's word lists and study assignments?
(a) Maybeth is progressing at her own pace and will eventually catch up with others.
(b) Maybeth is a good student saddled with incompetent instructors.
(c) Maybeth is not learning to read using that method.
(d) Maybeth deserves less study time, more time for herself.

3. What is the outcome of the meeting with the music teacher concerning Maybeth?
(a) No changes will be made until after Dicey talks with the teacher.
(b) Maybeth will acquire a different book and try harder.
(c) He wants to give her weekly private lessons.
(d) Maybeth will undertake remedial work in order to catch up with the class.

4. 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 finds the papers complicated and tells Dicey she needs her help.
(d) She intentionally omits much detail.

5. What is Gram's reaction to the offer of a ride to town for her and Dicey?
(a) Gram smiles and gratefully accepts the offer.
(b) Gram declines the offer and insists the boat will do fine.
(c) Gram becomes a little weepy and sniffles because of the kindness.
(d) Gram is not pleased because she does not like to be helped.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What items do Gram and Dicey purchase on their trip to the mall?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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