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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. When Dicey makes up a story about their mother getting married, what dress does she say her mother wore?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Cream.
(d) Pink.

2. How old was Dicey's mother when she ran off with a merchant mariner?
(a) 23.
(b) 21.
(c) 19.
(d) 24.

3. What color hair does the young man have who shows Dicey how to clam?
(a) Brown.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Black.

4. After Dicey's mother leaves the children in the car, how much money do they spend for supper at a mall?
(a) $6.25.
(b) About $5.
(c) Almost $4.
(d) $4.80.

5. When they children stop at a supermarket on Beach Road in Part 1, Chapter 3, what does Dicey buy to eat?
(a) 2 pounds of chicken thighs and brea.
(b) Bread and peanut butter.
(c) 2 pounds of chicken wings and four potatoes.
(d) Hot dogs and bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, how long have the children been with Eunice when Dicey asks Father Joseph if he has heard from the church in Crisfield?

2. How old is Dicey's mother?

3. What day of the week do the children get to their aunt's house?

4. What does Eunice suggest Dicey fix for dinner in Chapter 10?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, how does James get hurt?

2. In Chapter 10, what does Dicey buy at the store, and how does she get a recipe for tuna casserole?

3. How do the days and nights run togther in Dicey's mind by Chapter 7?

4. Why do the children hurry away in Chapter 6?

5. Who stays with James while Dicey and Maybeth go fishing in Chapter 5?

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

7. What do Edie and Louis tell the children they learned when they went to the grocery store in Chapter 5?

8. Why does Sergeant Gordo have Dicey come to the police station, and what news does he have for her?

9. Who is living at the children's aunt's house, and what does she tell them?

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

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