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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's reaction to Mr. Chappelle's comments as she leaves the room?
(a) Dicey drops her bookbag and runs from the room.
(b) Tears well in her eyes as she keeps walking.
(c) Dicey does not react because what he says does not matter.
(d) Dicey stops and glares at him until he turns away from her.

2. What does Dicey come to realize as she and Gram end their conversation by the fire?
(a) Life at the farm with Gram is going to be a hard, poor struggle.
(b) Gram is reaching out to Dicey.
(c) Life at the farm with Gram is going to be fun.
(d) Gram has a deep, dark unreachable nature.

3. What is Dicey's reply to Jeff's surprise question?
(a) Dicey says she is too young to get a regular job.
(b) Dicey says she is too young to have regular Saturday visitors.
(c) Dicey says Maybeth is too young to leave the farm regularly.
(d) Dicey says she is too young to be going to dances.

4. What does the group do after Thanksgiving dinner?
(a) All take a walk together through the marsh down to the bay.
(b) Each picks a comfortable spot in the living room and tells stories.
(c) Each picks a comfortable spot in the living room and all nap a while.
(d) All agree to play board games in the living room.

5. What is the big change Dicey sees in herself since she and Gram left Maryland?
(a) Dicey senses she is stronger than Gram and will have to lead the way.
(b) Dicey realizes she is now very much like Gram.
(c) Dicey allows Gram to take control despite her need to always be responsible.
(d) Dicey senses she is drawing away from Gram in most ways.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mina confide to Dicey are her problems?

2. What does Jeff say he was hoping for when he gives a ride to the farm?

3. What does Dicey think is the most important aspect of an essay?

4. What does Gram explain about herself and her advice?

5. What does Sammy repeatedly ask of the others in order to avoid conversation?

Short Essay Questions

1. The home economics teacher Miss Eversleigh gives a short speech about how important it is to know the life skills she is teaching in class. What is Dicey's reaction to the speech?

2. When Jeff shows up uninvited at the barn, what does the conclusion of the day indicate about Dicey's progress.

3. What family perspective concerning Momma occurs to Dicey as she does the Christmas shopping focused on each family member?

4. Mina rises to Dicey's defense for two reasons, one of which is she personally likes Dicey. What is the other reason?

5. What do Dicey's decisions about accepting a ride from Jeff but refusing to invite him in the house say about Dicey's attitude?

6. Chapter 7 What is Gram's perspective on the essay, a point of view Dicey had not considered?

7. What is it about Gram not telling Dicey any advance information about the trip to Boston or Momma's condition that shows Gram's state of mind?

8. Dicey wants to lean forward and hug Gram when they conclude discussing the report card and Gram says she believes all that Dicey says. Why does Dicey not follow through with a hug?

9. What does Dicey immediately do the same night Gram gives the advice about letting others help.

10. When the humiliation in the classroom ends, Dicey wordlessly takes her essay from the teacher and leaves the room without expressing her thoughts. What are Dicey's thoughts at that point?

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