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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 Millie's comment concerning Gram since the kids showed up?

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

3. What is clear to Dicey when see sees Momma?

4. What is Gram's special announcement she makes as she serves the warm apple pie?

5. What are Dicey's thoughts about her grade for English?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Dicey discover as a result of the last minute shopping duties suggested by Gram?

3. What is it about Gram not telling Dicey any advance information about the trip to Boston or Momma's condition that shows Gram's state of mind?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dicey and her siblings made a journey toward the unknown in their summer travels from Massachusetts to Maryland. Once settled and things seem to be known and working out, Gram reverses the journey going from Maryland to Massachusetts and this time not disclosing what is known. Discuss how the two scenarios are the same and how each differs concerning the impact on Dicey.

Essay Topic 2

Miss Eversleigh and the entire course of home economics represent the ordinary, the mundane, the dullness in the basics of life and living. This subject area is fertile ground for rebellion for many young teens. Describe the uniqueness of Dicey's life and how that rebellion is magnified.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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