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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Gram and Dicey agree upon about Maybeth's word lists and study assignments?
2. What does Gram do when she overhears James and Dicey whispering about the family Bible?
3. What is Gram's announcement concerning finances?
4. What do the young children do on Halloween when Gram and Dicey are not home?
5. What is it about the changed circumstances that has brought each of the kids to insecurity and doubt?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Maybeth is discouraged and upset by how others treat her, what does James' reaction indicate?
2. What is the effect on Dicey when she returns from a brief time out to learn the kids have gone to bed for the night?
3. What does Dicey's decision about Maybeth's music lesson cost indicate?
4. What does Gram's reaction about the kids in the attic reveal?
5. Gram receives along letter from the doctor in Boston about Momma's condition. What are Dicey's thoughts when Gram tells her that there has been no change in Momma's condition?
6. What small initiative step does Dicey take soon after school starts that shows she still feels responsible for the four kids?
7. Why does Gram insist upon first telling only Dicey about what the teachers had to say?
8. What does Dicey's surprise at being chosen as Mina's science class partner indicate about Dicey's frame of mind.
9. How does the small sailboat Dicey finds in the barn anchor her thoughts on this day?
10. What action does Gram take that signals maybe there is a chance for a stable future in Maryland?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the story Dicey is generally depicted as mature beyond her early teen age. Her effort on the apron project is understandable in light of the fact she disliked the home economics course itself. Explain how Dicey's thoughts and actions were not mature and what would have been more in keeping with her character.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the sameness of some of the eccentricity shown in the personalities of Gram and of Dicey, such as their apparent disregard for clothing fashion and the opinions of others in this regard.
Essay Topic 3
Setting and circumstances of Gram are central to the development of the kids progress as they settle in at the farm. Gram's isolation at the farm and minimalist life style are two factors. Provide a typical day to day description of Gram's week at the farm at a point several months before the kids appear on the scene.
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