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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. How many jobs does Dicey get washing windows in Chapter 11?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

2. What does Eunice suggest Dicey fix for dinner in Chapter 10?
(a) Tuna casserole.
(b) Fish sticks.
(c) Fish stew.
(d) Clam chowder.

3. How long are the long sides of Rockland State Park?
(a) 3 1/2 miles.
(b) Not quite 4 miles.
(c) Little over 3 miles.
(d) 2 1/2 miles.

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

5. In Chapter 4, how long does the couple say they have been camping?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 8 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, where is Maybeth playing when Dicey picks her up?

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

3. In Chapter 7, what type of house is on estate where the children sleep at the entrance in a grove of pines?

4. In Chapter 12, where is Sammy injured after a fight?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 1, how old is James?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the children spend their weekends?

3. Where does Stewart take the children before the takes them to their aunt's house?

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

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

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

7. What does Dicey do when she wakes in Chapter 8, and how does it make her feel?

8. Why does Dicey know that she and her siblings cannot go back to Provincetown?

9. What does Father Joseph tell Dicey about her mother's family?

10. What does Father James bring for the children, and what do they still need?

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