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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 many jobs does Dicey get washing windows in Chapter 11?

2. Where have Dicey and her siblings been living with their mother before their mother leaves them in the car?

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. When does Eunice say that her mother died?

5. What type of guitar does Stewart have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. After going to the bathroom, why do Dicey and her siblings not go back to the car before they set off walking?

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

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

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

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

9. How do the children spend their weekends?

10. What do the Tillerman children look like?

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

The Tillerman children have limited resources on their journey. How and why do the children have to be resourceful?

Essay Topic 3

Windy and Stewart are college students who help the children. Does James betray their kindness?

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