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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Dicey sharply deliver to James about school and fitting in?
(a) School is a place where under-achievers pull down the achievers.
(b) School lasts only a few years.
(c) Worry concerning anything does not do any good.
(d) School exists to employ adults and boost adult egos.

2. What is Dicey's reaction to the fact she might not need to meet with the teacher?
(a) She resents the lawyer's presence in their lives.
(b) She is happy to not have the responsibility.
(c) She thinks the school people are too intrusive.
(d) She is angry at Gram.

3. Where is Dicey's part-time job?
(a) Local public library.
(b) Car wash.
(c) A small grocery store.
(d) Pet store.

4. What is Dicey's suggestion to Gram concerning the teacher note?
(a) Ignore the request for a meeting.
(b) Dicey offers to see the music teacher after school the next day.
(c) Write a return note suggesting Maybeth move to a different class.
(d) Write a return note stating Maybeth does the best she can.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Gram's personal thoughts concerning the finances?

2. What recent find in the barn distracts Dicey's thoughts toward a daydream?

3. What does Gram do when she overhears James and Dicey whispering about the family Bible?

4. What is it about the changed circumstances that has brought each of the kids to insecurity and doubt?

5. What is Gram's suggestion to Dicey concerning the teacher note?

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