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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 the question from Mina that Dicey stands mute and will not answer?
(a) Mina asks did Dicey write the essay herself.
(b) Mina asks the name of the person who helped Dicey write the essay.
(c) Mina asks if the person described is someone Dicey knows.
(d) Mina asks if Dicey is a relative of the person described in the essay.

2. What happened with Sammy at school that Dicey finds reassuring and amusing?
(a) Sammy told several funny stories that got the teacher and students laughing.
(b) Sammy lost a bet and had to kiss a girl, and he got detention when she screamed.
(c) Sammy got his shoes wet, had to go shoeless inside school all day.
(d) Sammy and his friends were caught climbing in trees behind the school.

3. What does Jeff order and seem to know about when he comes to the market?
(a) Canned vegetables
(b) Sugar and flour.
(c) Meats.
(d) Cooking supplies.

4. What does Gram tell Dicey to do with the money she hands to her?
(a) Go buy Liza new winter boots.
(b) Go put this in Liza's account.
(c) Go get decent take out food for Gram, Liza and herself.
(d) Go Christmas shopping for the kids.

5. What are Dicey's thoughts about her grade for English?
(a) English is an easy subject for her so she can do even better next semester.
(b) The teacher has given Dicey a break because Dicey is new to the school.
(c) There must be a mistake because she is one of the smartest in the class.
(d) English is not an easy subject for her so take what she can get.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the class reaction when Mr. Chappelle concludes reading Dicey's essay?

2. What is Gram's reaction to the suggestion she is a social oddball?

3. Who stops to talk a moment about school as Dicey is washing the market windows?

4. What is Millie's reaction to singing and guitar playing in the store?

5. What comment by Millie about a younger Gram seems strange to Dicey?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Dicey reflects on all that has happened in two days with the quick departure to Boston and all the activity once there, what does dicey realize about herself?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. What does Mr. Limgerle being a Thanksgiving dinner guest demonstrate is happening with the family?

7. What does Dicey tell Jeff in response to his invitation to the dance?

8. What does Dicey learn about herself as a result of the brief conversation with Miss Eversleigh outside the market?

9. What is the purpose and the outcome of Gram's visit to Sammy's school?

10. 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?

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