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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. How does Dicey explain to Mina that she is able to work a job while underage?
(a) Dicey tells Mina to keep the secret that Dicey is paid at the store.
(b) Dicey tells Mina that Millie is not quite right in the head.
(c) Dicey is undergoing adoption so is eligible to work.
(d) Millie at the store never asked for work papers plus she is a lifelong friend of Gram.

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

3. What does Sammy repeatedly ask of the others in order to avoid conversation?
(a) Sammy wants to know who can teach him to play marbles.
(b) Sammy asks if he can help Millie and Dicey at the store.
(c) Sammy asks if Mina has a boyfriend in school.
(d) Sammy asks if Dicey has a boyfriend in school.

4. What does Dicey buy for Sammy that leads to a conversation about Momma?
(a) A poster of a newsboy on a bike.
(b) A model airplane.
(c) A wrestler action figure toy.
(d) A wood carving of a chicken.

5. Why is it that Dicey dislikes home economics class?
(a) The teacher is impatient and incompetent.
(b) The classroom of all girls is silly and immature.
(c) Home ec is the last class of the day and Dicey just wants to go to work.
(d) The boring topics are of interest only to people that do not have more important things.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dicey come to realize as she and Gram end their conversation by the fire?

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

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

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

5. After dinner as they sit by the fire, what is Gram's advice to Dicey?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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