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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. Who goes to church with Eunice?

2. In Chapter 11, what dress does Maybeth wear to church?

3. How much money does James take in Chapter 8?

4. How old are the couple Dicey sees when she walks to the beach in Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 7, after walking through what city do the children have no food and no money?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How do the children spend their weekends?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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?

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