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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago did Abigail's husband die?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 3 years.

2. What do the children get to eat when they pick for Mr. Rudyard?
(a) Milk, biscuits, and strawberry jam.
(b) Bread and peanut butter.
(c) Cheese, biscuits, and milk.
(d) Biscuits, milk, and ham.

3. What color hair does the woman have at the circus who tells the children to get out of a tent?
(a) Blond.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Gray.

4. After going to the bathroom, how much money does Dicey put in her pocket in Part 2, Chapter 1?
(a) $25.
(b) $20.
(c) $15.
(d) $10.

5. In Part 2, Chapter 9, what time does Dicey wake?
(a) 6 a.m.
(b) 5:30 a.m.
(c) Before dawn.
(d) Dawn.

6. How far do Dicey and her siblings have to jump from the dock to Jerry's father's boat?
(a) 1 foot.
(b) 1 1/2 feet.
(c) 2 feet.
(d) 3 feet.

7. How many tomatoes do the children eat when they pick for Mr. Rudyard?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

8. In Part 2, Chapter 9, what does Dicey decide the children will do for their first project at their grandmother's?
(a) Clear out the honeysuckle.
(b) Weed the garden.
(c) Wash windows.
(d) Clean the house.

9. What do the children buy to eat in Part 2, Chapter 1, before their bus leaves?
(a) Hamburgers and fries.
(b) Hot dogs and Coke.
(c) Hot dogs and orange drink.
(d) Chicken nuggets and grape drink.

10. What do Will and Claire bring the children in Part 2, Chapter 10?
(a) A puppy.
(b) Bicycles.
(c) Roller skates.
(d) New clothes.

11. What time do the children arrive in Wilmington?
(a) 3:45 p.m.
(b) 4 p.m.
(c) 4:30 p.m.
(d) 3:30 p.m.

12. Where are Jerry and his father from?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Illinois.

13. When the children see a circus, what time does a woman tell them that the circus opens?
(a) 5 p.m.
(b) 7 p.m.
(c) 6 p.m.
(d) 4 p.m.

14. In Part 2, Chapter 4, what time do the children get going?
(a) 10:30 a.m.
(b) 9 a.m.
(c) 10 a.m.
(d) 9:30 a.m.

15. What time do Dicey and the children arrive in Annapolis?
(a) 8:30 p.m.
(b) 8 p.m.
(c) 7:30 p.m.
(d) 7 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What route do the children take when they start walking in Part 2, Chapter 4?

2. How long does Dicey remember that a big boy she knew in Provincetown ran away from home and kept coming to school and no one knew?

3. How does Dicey's grandmother take her to Crisfield to pick up her siblings?

4. What river do the children cross when they escape from Mr. Rudyard?

5. What type of tree does Dicey see from the upstairs of her grandmother's house?

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