Dicey's Song Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What becomes a topic of conversation during dinner? (from Chapter 8)

Cooking methods for turkey and chickens.

The changes in town since Gram was a child.

Family heirloom silver that was passed down from bootlegger ancestors.

Thanksgiving dinners of previous years.

2.

What do the Tillerman's do with the wooden box brought from Massachusetts? (from Chapters 11-12)

They place the box in the storage trunk in the attic.

After emptying the box, they let go by tossing it in the fire.

They bury the box with Momma's ashes under the mulberry tree in the front yard.

They place the box on the high shelf near the fireplace.

3.

What advice from Gram does Dicey recall when Mina becomes defensive? (from Chapter 8)

Too many questions leads to too few answers.

Better to say nothing than to say a lie.

Time passes faster than the past.

You cannot reach out with a clenched hand.

4.

What is a comforting thought to Dicey as they sit at the table in the evening? (from Chapters 7-8)

Life at the farm is better than in Massachusetts.

Gram seems to be getting used to having them at her farm.

Gram adopting all four will mean they can stay together.

Current troubles of each will pass, the most important thing is they are together.

5.

What does James say that reminds Dicey the worst of letting go is false hope? (from Chapters 11-12)

James says Momma told him to hold the family together.

James says Momma always knew that she would not live a long life.

James says Momma really died to the world the previous summer.

James says Momma had planned to return to Cape Cod.

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