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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is it when Dicey and her siblings are left in the car by their mother?

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

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

4. When they children stop at a supermarket on Beach Road in Part 1, Chapter 3, what does Dicey buy to eat?

5. How far is it from the college to Bridgeport in a car?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What plans are made for the children in Chapter 9?

4. What do the children eat when they cannot go clamming in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

8. Where do the children find themselves after 10 p.m. when they are walking through New Haven, and what does Dicey decide to do?

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

10. In Chapter 6, how do the children make some money?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Will Hawkins and Claire protect the children. How do Will and Claire protect the children? What do their actions reveal about them and who they are?

Essay Topic 2

Backstories are used to present information about events that happened before events begin in Homecoming. How do backstories provide insight into characters and events? What is the importance of backstories in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Sammy takes food at a park. Why does Dicey yell at him even though she is proud of him?

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