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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 Gram's advice to Dicey when they meet and hug in the morning?
(a) Dicey has to learn to care about others.
(b) Dicey has to learn to provide for herself.
(c) Dicey has to learn to let go.
(d) Dicey has to learn to be less emotional.

2. As they walk, what does Mina blurt out, then immediately regret?
(a) Mina tells Dicey the races do not mix well in this part of the state.
(b) Mina says the townspeople are prejudiced.
(c) Mina asks Dicey if the subject of the essay was Dicey's mother.
(d) Mina tells Dicey people with emotional issues are weak.

3. What does Mr. Chappelle tell the class about the quality of Dicey's essay?
(a) The quality is stilted and difficult to follow.
(b) The quality is too good to have been written by a grade level student.
(c) The quality is simplistic and beneath grade level.
(d) The quality is very good for a student at grade level.

4. What is the class reaction when Mr. Chappelle concludes reading Mina's essay?
(a) No one seems to be paying attention.
(b) Uncomfortable silence followed by random speaking out.
(c) Laughter and comments of praise.
(d) Impatience about getting all the essays passed out.

5. 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 comes from a huge family none of whom she approves of.
(c) Mina is an intelligent, huge black female with a pleasing personality, a giant oddball.
(d) Mina is like Dicey because she does not care what people think.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the group do after Thanksgiving dinner?

2. What is Millie's reaction to Jeff's visit to the market?

3. What does Dicey decide to spend her own money to buy?

4. What does Gram harshly tell Dicey will happen if Dicey does not follow Gram's advice?

5. Why does Dicey return to the motel alone without Gram?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. 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?

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