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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 job did Dicey's mother have before she lost it?

2. How far does Dicey estimate that she and her siblings have traveled their first day on the road?

3. Where does the children's maternal grandmother live?

4. In Chapter 4, where do the children get water to drink?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the children spend their weekends?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in Homecoming? How does Voigt provide clues regarding when the story takes place?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

The Tillerman children have a lot to deal with after their mother leaves. How do the events in Homecoming help the children mature and grow?

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