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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 does the doctor say to Dicey that provokes her anger and grief?
2. What is the class reaction when Mr. Chappelle concludes reading Dicey's essay?
3. What is Dicey's reply to Jeff's surprise question?
4. As they walk their bikes slowly, what idea does Mina suggest to Dicey?
5. Who is the real life person that Dicey chose to write about for her essay?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the principle involved when Sammy flatly refuses to discuss the reason for fighting on the bus?
2. 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?
3. What does Dicey tell Jeff in response to his invitation to the dance?
4. When Jeff shows up uninvited at the barn, what does the conclusion of the day indicate about Dicey's progress.
5. What does Dicey discover as a result of the last minute shopping duties suggested by Gram?
6. Mina rises to Dicey's defense for two reasons, one of which is she personally likes Dicey. What is the other reason?
7. What does Gram tell Dicey about life when she hears about how Mina defended Dicey in front of the teacher and the class.
8. What does Mr. Lingerle talk about during dinner that shows he truly is concerned about the Tillerman family?
9. What does Dicey learn from Mina about Gram that a new person to town most likely would not know for awhile?
10. What does Mr. Limgerle being a Thanksgiving dinner guest demonstrate is happening with the family?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Gram passes along a number of ideas to Dicey about coping with life. Describe three instances where the character Mr. Lingerle is used by the author to demonstrate Gram's advice in action.
Essay Topic 2
When they are at the bedside of Momma, at separate times both Gram and Dicey take hold of Momma's hand and speak to Momma. Elaborate on the author's idea that holding on is not the same as steering, controlling, and directing.
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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