1. What is a comforting thought to Dicey as they sit at the table in the evening?
(a) Current troubles of each will pass, the most important thing is they are together.
(b) Gram adopting all four will mean they can stay together.
(c) Life at the farm is better than in Massachusetts.
(d) Gram seems to be getting used to having them at her farm.

2. What is Dicey's reaction as Gram silently reads the long letter?
(a) Dicey is angry at her father.
(b) Dicey is angry at James.
(c) Dicey is happy for Maybeth.
(d) Dicey is impatient and fidgety.

3. What is Dicey's assessment of her new school and classes?
(a) School day is a whirl of thinking and doing.
(b) School day is long, slow, and boring
(c) School day is a series of posturing, posing, and pretending.
(d) School is a fun filled, safe haven from the real world.

4. What happened with Sammy at school that Dicey finds reassuring and amusing?
(a) Sammy and his friends were caught climbing in trees behind the school.
(b) Sammy lost a bet and had to kiss a girl, and he got detention when she screamed.
(c) Sammy told several funny stories that got the teacher and students laughing.
(d) Sammy got his shoes wet, had to go shoeless inside school all day.

5. As Dicey lies on the dock staring at stars, what does she conclude is making her edgy?
(a) She is carrying around sorrow about possibly losing Momma forever.
(b) Maybeth is a weakling personality who will require constant assistance.
(c) She realizes her teenage and young adult years ahead are very bleak.
(d) She is incapable of planning the family's future.