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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gram do that is a big surprise for Sammy?
(a) She lets him drive the boat for a ride in the bay.
(b) She goes to his school at lunch recess and plays marbles with all the kids.
(c) She tells him they might get some chickens for the farm.
(d) She brings him up to the attic to see the storage trunks.

2. What is Gram's announcement concerning finances?
(a) They must go on welfare in order to make ends meet.
(b) Maryland County Trust Bureau wants to visit the family, possibly to provide funding.
(c) The insurance company has denied a cash settlement for the family.
(d) The insurance company has approved a cash settlement for the family.

3. What game is Sammy playing when he tries to bend the rules?
(a) Scrabble.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Parcheesi.
(d) Monopoly.

4. Who is the subject of the long letter mailed from Boston to Gram?
(a) Maybeth.
(b) Dicey's mother.
(c) Dicey's father.
(d) James.

5. How does Dicey explain to Mina that she is able to work a job while underage?
(a) Millie at the store never asked for work papers plus she is a lifelong friend of Gram.
(b) Dicey is undergoing adoption so is eligible to work.
(c) Dicey tells Mina that Millie is not quite right in the head.
(d) Dicey tells Mina to keep the secret that Dicey is paid at the store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mr. Lingerle's surprise when they arrive at the airport?

2. What is Gram's advice to Dicey as they conclude talking about Maybeth's note?

3. What does Dicey buy for Sammy that leads to a conversation about Momma?

4. What is Gram's advice to Dicey when they meet and hug in the morning?

5. Who is the person Gram and Dicey decide to talk with about Maybeth's school progress?

(see the answer key)

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