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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 does Dicey think is the most important aspect of an essay?
(a) The grade is the only important part.
(b) The comments about punctuation because it always counts on the next essay.
(c) The teacher notes because that gives all the clues on how to improve a grade.
(d) Topic sentences that give each part meaning to the whole.

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

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

4. What does the teacher emphasize as the most important aspect of the essay project?
(a) The grade is the most important part.
(b) The essays are a means to promote group common ground.
(c) The common errors most of the students made on the essay.
(d) The essays are a chance for inner reflection.

5. What does Jeff say he was hoping for when he gives a ride to the farm?
(a) Jeff was hoping to meet Gram.
(b) Jeff was hoping to meet James.
(c) Jeff was hoping to be invited to supper.
(d) Jeff was hoping to meet Maybeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice from Gram does Dicey recall when Mina becomes defensive?

2. What does Gram do that is a big surprise for Sammy?

3. As they walk their bikes slowly, what idea does Mina suggest to Dicey?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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 Dicey learn from Mina about Gram that a new person to town most likely would not know for awhile?

7. What happens as Mina and Dicey walk together toward the farm after Dicey's work at the market?

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

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

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

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