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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of instrument does Edie have?
(a) Harmonica.
(b) Banjo.
(c) Autoharp.
(d) Guitar.

2. Where have Dicey and her siblings been living with their mother before their mother leaves them in the car?
(a) Middletown.
(b) Provincetown.
(c) Newington.
(d) New Haven.

3. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what coins does Sammy show Dicey he found when they head to a shelter at a public beach where they can cook?
(a) Dimes and nickels.
(b) Dimes.
(c) Pennies and dimes.
(d) Pennies and nickels.

4. What do Edie and Louis bring James to eat in Chapter 5?
(a) Pears.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Apples.
(d) Oranges.

5. What job did Dicey's mother have before she lost it?
(a) Checker.
(b) Teacher's aide.
(c) Stocker.
(d) Housecleaner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money do the Tillerman children have in Part 1, Chapter 1?

2. How much money does James take in Chapter 8?

3. How many police cars do the children see in Chapter 6?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 2, when the fire is out where Dicey and the others are sleeping, how old does Dicey remember Sammy was when he used to run naked down the beach?

5. In Chapter 7, what time do the children come to a college and Dicey decides they have to sleep there?

(see the answer key)

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