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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what time does Stewart have a class?
(a) 11 a.m.
(b) 10 a.m.
(c) 9 a.m.
(d) 1 p.m.

2. In Part 1, Chapter 1, where does Dicey take her siblings after she goes for a walk to think?
(a) Playground.
(b) Mall.
(c) Lake.
(d) Park.

3. How much younger is Dicey's grandmother, Abigail, than Cilla?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 9 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

5. What do the girls do in Chapter 4, while the boys try to fish?
(a) Wash their clothes.
(b) Pick berries.
(c) Hunt for firewood.
(d) Look for mussels.

6. In Chapter 7, what type of house is on estate where the children sleep at the entrance in a grove of pines?
(a) Victorian house.
(b) Yellow brick.
(c) Stone house.
(d) Red brick.

7. How far does Dicey estimate that she and her siblings have traveled their first day on the road?
(a) 7 miles.
(b) 9 miles.
(c) 8 to 10 miles.
(d) 5 or 6 miles.

8. How many streets does Sammy cross with lights at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

9. When Dicey falls asleep while James is telling the story of Hansel and Gretel, what time does she awake?
(a) 11 a.m.
(b) 12 p.m.
(c) 11:30 a.m.
(d) 12:30 p.m.

10. Who goes to church with Eunice?
(a) Maybeth.
(b) All the children.
(c) Dicey and Maybeth.
(d) Maybeth and Sammy.

11. In Chapter 4, how much money does Dicey have after buying a clamming fork, apples, milk, and potatoes?
(a) 18 cents.
(b) 26 cents.
(c) 31 cents.
(d) 46 cents.

12. In Chapter 4, how long does James try to fish before he complains that there are no fish?
(a) Quarter hour.
(b) 25 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) Half an hour.

13. In Chapter 4, where do the children get water to drink?
(a) Drinking fountain at a grocery store.
(b) Garden hose.
(c) Outside water spigot at the beach.
(d) Water hose at a gas station.

14. What time does Windy take the children to a diner?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 1:30 a.m.
(c) 1 a.m.
(d) 11:30 p.m.

15. What month is it in Chapter 12?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) September.
(d) October.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long are the long sides of Rockland State Park?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 1, what grade is Maybeth in?

3. In Chapter 11, what dress does Maybeth wear to church?

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. By what river are the children in Chapter 7 when they are at a playground and it begins to rain?

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