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

2. What thought occurs to Dicey as she watches James try to calm Maybeth?
(a) Dicey realizes James has uncommon sensitivity about failure.
(b) Dicey realizes James is an emotional bully.
(c) Dicey realizes James is not capable of understanding others.
(d) Part of holding on to a person was letting each do things their own way.

3. What is Gram's announcement that pleases the children?
(a) Gram intends to legally adopt the children.
(b) The four children will not have to separate.
(c) Their father is living nearby in New York.
(d) The children are moving to Boston to be close to mother.

4. What is Gram's announcement concerning finances?
(a) They must go on welfare in order to make ends meet.
(b) The insurance company has denied a cash settlement for the family.
(c) Maryland County Trust Bureau wants to visit the family, possibly to provide funding.
(d) The insurance company has approved a cash settlement for the family.

5. What game is Sammy playing when he tries to bend the rules?
(a) Scrabble.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) Parcheesi.
(d) Checkers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Gram's personal thoughts concerning the finances?

2. What advice from Gram does Dicey recall when she gets irritated with James?

3. What does Dicey like to do for solitary relaxation each afternoon?

4. When Sammy says Dicey never gets in trouble, what does Dicey say about her troubles.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Dicey's surprise at being chosen as Mina's science class partner indicate about Dicey's frame of mind.

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

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

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

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

7. What does Gram's insistence about buying a jumper and a dress indicate?

8. When Sammy insist upon helping work on the sailboat, why does Dicey get irritated?

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

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

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