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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 the class reaction when Mr. Chappelle concludes reading Mina's essay?
2. What does Jeff order and seem to know about when he comes to the market?
3. What does Dicey come to realize as she and Gram end their conversation by the fire?
4. What does Mr. Chappelle tell the class about the quality of Dicey's essay?
5. What is a comforting thought to Dicey as they sit at the table in the evening?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dicey tell Jeff in response to his invitation to the dance?
2. When Jeff shows up uninvited at the barn, what does the conclusion of the day indicate about Dicey's progress.
3. What does Mr. Lingerle talk about during dinner that shows he truly is concerned about the Tillerman family?
4. 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?
5. Chapter 7 What is Gram's perspective on the essay, a point of view Dicey had not considered?
6. What does Dicey discover as a result of the last minute shopping duties suggested by Gram?
7. 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?
8. What does Gram tell Dicey about life when she hears about how Mina defended Dicey in front of the teacher and the class.
9. What is it about the wood carved chicken that ultimately has a big impact on Dicey?
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
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.
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
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.
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