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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 Part 2, Chapter 4, what wakes the children?

2. What time do Dicey and the children arrive in Annapolis?

3. How does Dicey's grandmother take her to Crisfield to pick up her siblings?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 4, how much does Dicey spend on food at a market in Easton?

5. What type of tree does Dicey see from the upstairs of her grandmother's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Jenkins, the Crisfield elementary school counselor, want to figure out Maybeth's place in the school, and what decision does she come to?

2. How does Dicey get directions to her grandmother's house?

3. What does Abigail tell the children about their father?

4. How do the children escape from Mr. Rudyard in Part 2, Chapter 5?

5. What plan does Dicey come up with to stay at their grandmother's?

6. In Part 2, Chapter 11, how long does Abigail say that the children can stay?

7. What do the children eat for supper in Part 2, Chapter 1?

8. What do the children have for breakfast before Jerry sails them to the eastern shore?

9. Why does Abigail say that she cannot keep the children?

10. What does Dicey see when she arrives at her grandmother's place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dicey has some epiphanies or realizations that change her perspective. What epiphanies does Dicey have? How do they give her a different perspective on the world and her place in it?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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