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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 advice from Gram does Dicey recall when Mina becomes defensive?
(a) Too many questions leads to too few answers.
(b) You cannot reach out with a clenched hand.
(c) Better to say nothing than to say a lie.
(d) Time passes faster than the past.

2. What does Mina confide to Dicey are her problems?
(a) Mina has to be known as the perfect daughter of the local preacher.
(b) Mina is an intelligent, huge black female with a pleasing personality, a giant oddball.
(c) Mina comes from a huge family none of whom she approves of.
(d) Mina is like Dicey because she does not care what people think.

3. As Dicey concludes talking with the man, what decision does she make?
(a) Liza would enjoy all the wood carvings in the shop.
(b) The man at the glass case is not easy to like.
(c) Dicey cannot spend the remainder of Gram's money.
(d) Liza is coming home with Dicey and Gram.

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

5. What is the teacher's reaction to Dicey's meal planning effort?
(a) The teacher becomes upset with her when she thinks Dicey is fooling around.
(b) The teacher uses Dicey's response as an example of improved skills.
(c) The teacher smiles and commends Dicey for good effort.
(d) The teacher ignores Dicey's response and changes the subject.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the feelings Dicey gets when shopping that she wants Gram to also experience?

2. What does the doctor say to Dicey that provokes her anger and grief?

3. What is Dicey's reply to Jeff's surprise question?

4. Who is the real life person that Dicey chose to write about for her essay?

5. What is Gram's advice to Dicey when they meet and hug in the morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the principle involved when Sammy flatly refuses to discuss the reason for fighting on the bus?

2. What does the English teacher comment about Dicey's essay that she refuses to respond to?

3. What does Mr. Lingerle talk about during dinner that shows he truly is concerned about the Tillerman family?

4. 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?

5. What is it about the wood carved chicken that ultimately has a big impact on Dicey?

6. 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?

7. What does Dicey conclude when she first sees the failing home ec grade on her report card?

8. What does Dicey discover as a result of the last minute shopping duties suggested by Gram?

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

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

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