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

2. What does Dicey come to realize as she and Gram end their conversation by the fire?
(a) Gram is reaching out to Dicey.
(b) Life at the farm with Gram is going to be fun.
(c) Gram has a deep, dark unreachable nature.
(d) Life at the farm with Gram is going to be a hard, poor struggle.

3. What does the group do after Thanksgiving dinner?
(a) All take a walk together through the marsh down to the bay.
(b) All agree to play board games in the living room.
(c) Each picks a comfortable spot in the living room and all nap a while.
(d) Each picks a comfortable spot in the living room and tells stories.

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 essays are a chance for inner reflection.
(d) The common errors most of the students made on the essay.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mina confide to Dicey are her problems?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. What does Gram tell Dicey about life when she hears about how Mina defended Dicey in front of the teacher and the class.

9. What does Mr. Limgerle being a Thanksgiving dinner guest demonstrate is happening with the 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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