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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 Gram's special announcement she makes as she serves the warm apple pie?
2. As they walk, what does Mina blurt out, then immediately regret?
3. Who is the real life person that Dicey chose to write about for her essay?
4. What are Dicey's thoughts about her grade for English?
5. What is the question from Mina that Dicey stands mute and will not answer?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
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 Mr. Lingerle talk about during dinner that shows he truly is concerned about the Tillerman family?
4. What is the principle involved when Sammy flatly refuses to discuss the reason for fighting on the bus?
5. What does Dicey discover as a result of the last minute shopping duties suggested by Gram?
6. 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?
7. What does Dicey immediately do the same night Gram gives the advice about letting others help.
8. When Jeff shows up uninvited at the barn, what does the conclusion of the day indicate about Dicey's progress.
9. What happens as Mina and Dicey walk together toward the farm after Dicey's work at the market?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
A recurring theme is the opening up of oneself, letting others get to know you and enter in to your life. The opening up is a process of steps, not a single event. Discuss the author's techniques in using the characters of Jeff and Mina and the deliberate separate steps the process takes for Dicey.
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