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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 2, what does Dicey buy for the first lunch when the kids start walking to Bridgeport?
(a) Apples and bread.
(b) Pears and English muffins.
(c) Oranges and doughnuts.
(d) Apples and doughnuts.

2. In Chapter 7, what time do the children come to a college and Dicey decides they have to sleep there?
(a) After 10 p.m.
(b) 10:15 p.m.
(c) Around 11 p.m.
(d) 10:30 p.m.

3. 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?
(a) 1 1/2 years old.
(b) 2 1/2 years old.
(c) 1 year old.
(d) 2 years old.

4. In Chapter 8, how long do the children go to the beach with Stewart before going to their aunt's house?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) An hour.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 90 minutes.

5. What type of guitar does Stewart have?
(a) Gibson.
(b) Fender.
(c) Martin.
(d) Dobro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of car does Stewart have?

2. Which of the children gets a hole in a sneaker in Chapter 7?

3. After Dicey's mother leaves the children in the car, how much money do they spend for supper at a mall?

4. In Chapter 6, what does Dicey have to do to get a map?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Dicey goes to call the bus stations and find out prices of tickets?

2. What does Dicey buy to eat on the third day they are walking, and how much money remains?

3. After going to the bathroom, why do Dicey and her siblings not go back to the car before they set off walking?

4. What does Dicey decide to do at the end of Chapter 12, and why?

5. What is Dicey's routine in Chapter 11, and how does it make her feel?

6. What does Liza Tillerman look like when she walks away from her children in the car?

7. What does Dicey discover when she looks at a map to see how far they traveled their first day walking?

8. What do the Tillerman children look like?

9. Where do the children shelter for their fourth night on the road, and what do they have to eat?

10. What does Dicey buy in Chapter 4, and how does the clerk help her?

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