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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 is Dicey's reaction to Mr. Chappelle's comments as she leaves the room?
2. As Dicey concludes talking with the man, what decision does she make?
3. What does Mina offer as the reason Dicey would not cheat?
4. What is Dicey's reaction when Jeff comes in to the market?
5. What does Dicey buy for Sammy that leads to a conversation about Momma?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Gram tell Dicey about life when she hears about how Mina defended Dicey in front of the teacher and the class.
2. What is the principle involved when Sammy flatly refuses to discuss the reason for fighting on the bus?
3. 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?
4. Mina rises to Dicey's defense for two reasons, one of which is she personally likes Dicey. What is the other reason?
5. What does Dicey learn from Mina about Gram that a new person to town most likely would not know for awhile?
6. What family perspective concerning Momma occurs to Dicey as she does the Christmas shopping focused on each family member?
7. When Jeff shows up uninvited at the barn, what does the conclusion of the day indicate about Dicey's progress.
8. What does Dicey conclude when she first sees the failing home ec grade on her report card?
9. What does Dicey tell Jeff in response to his invitation to the dance?
10. What does the English teacher comment about Dicey's essay that she refuses to respond to?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Most of the adult characters in the story represent conventional, dull adults and their limited world such as the teachers Miss Eversleigh and Mr. Chappelle, and the nurse Miss Preston. Explore the idea that the adults Gram, Momma and Millie do not fit the pattern not because of rebellion to such a world but rather through personal shortcomings.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
A universal human trait is to understand who we are as a person partly by understanding the people we are descended from. Discuss the limitations encountered by the Tillerman kids in this regard specifically as it relates to the characters of Gram and Millie.
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