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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. How old is Dicey in Part 1, Chapter 1?

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

3. 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?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Eunice wake Dicey early in Chapter 10?

3. How do the children spend their weekends?

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

5. In Chapter 5, where does Sammy get food, and why does Dicey get upset?

6. What do the Tillerman children look like?

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

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

9. Why is Stewart missing $20 in Chapter 8?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and character? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 2

Dicey’s mother leaves her in charge of her three younger siblings. What decisions does Dicey have to make when she is left in charge of her siblings? How do her decisions affect the four of them?

Essay Topic 3

Dicey longs for a home. Why does Dicey decide to settle for a place to live, rather than trying to find a home and what is the difference between a place to live and a home?

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