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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. In Chapter 7, what time do the children come to a college and Dicey decides they have to sleep there?

2. What color hair do the couple have that are also staying at the campground in Chapter 4?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 1, where does Dicey take her siblings after she goes for a walk to think?

4. What color is everything that Eunice wears in Chapter 10?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what coins does Sammy show Dicey he found when they head to a shelter at a public beach where they can cook?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who finds Dicey in Chapter 7, and what does he do?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dicey sees an inscription on a tombstone that makes her think about home and death. What inscription does Dicey see on a tombstone? Why does the inscription make her think about home and death? What connection does she realize there is between home and death?

Essay Topic 2

Voigt uses juxtaposition in Homecoming to compare and contrast. How and why does Voigt use juxtaposition in Homecoming?

Essay Topic 3

Father Joseph makes plans for Dicey and her siblings. What plans does he make? Why do those plans involve separating the children?

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