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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who befriends Dicey in science class and asks to partner with her?
(a) Wilhemina.
(b) Amanda.
(c) James.
(d) Jeff.
2. What does Dicey do at the store on the first work Saturday that seems to make a big difference?
(a) Empty the overflowing trash bin.
(b) Discard out-of-date goods.
(c) Remove a damaged shelf.
(d) Wash the floor.
3. What is it that distracts Dicey as she hurries from the school to the bike rack?
(a) Dicey imagines Gram sitting on the wall staring at the sky.
(b) Dicey notices a group of town girls and boys huddled together behind the school.
(c) Dicey sees a boy playing a guitar on a wall behind the school.
(d) Dicey notices a boy and a girl from a higher grade kissing behind the school.
4. What is Gram's announcement concerning finances?
(a) The insurance company has approved a cash settlement for the family.
(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) They must go on welfare in order to make ends meet.
5. What does Dicey conclude about her own standing in her class?
(a) Wilhemina seems to be the only other person in the class as smart as Dicey.
(b) Not a one of her classmates is as smart as Dicey.
(c) All of her classmates seem to be smarter than Dicey.
(d) All of her classmates are advanced far beyond the level of Dicey's previous school.
6. What does Dicey think about Mina trying to be friendly?
(a) Mina has too many friends to care anything about Dicey.
(b) Mina is not a worthy person.
(c) The more a person knows about her, they have a kind of hold on her.
(d) Maybe others will follow the example set by Mina.
7. Why does Dicey not want Sammy to help with scraping the boat?
(a) Dicey is the only person that knows how and she does not want to instruct.
(b) Sammy is too needy and will want to help every day.
(c) Sammy is too easily distracted and careless.
(d) Dicey wants the time and the boat to herself, not to share.
8. What do Gram and Dicey agree upon about Maybeth's word lists and study assignments?
(a) Maybeth is not learning to read using that method.
(b) Maybeth is progressing at her own pace and will eventually catch up with others.
(c) Maybeth deserves less study time, more time for herself.
(d) Maybeth is a good student saddled with incompetent instructors.
9. What has happened to Maybeth that brings her to uncontrollable sobbing?
(a) The other kids will not talk to her or sit near her on the bus.
(b) The other girls make fun of her clothes and hair.
(c) Her classmates laughed at her poor reading skills and the teacher could not control them.
(d) Her friends have been stealing from her lunch money.
10. What is Gram's suggestion to Dicey concerning the teacher note?
(a) Maybeth will stay home from school the next day.
(b) Gram will meet with the teacher at the end of term.
(c) Gram has already planned to go meet the teacher the next day.
(d) Gram will ask the lawyer to contact the teacher.
11. What is James' announcement that surprises Dicey and Gram?
(a) James has found a job for himself delivering newspapers.
(b) The family of a friend of James has offered to allow him to live there
(c) James intends to quit school and get a regular job to help with the finances.
(d) He is totally unhappy with his life because he does not fit in at school.
12. During lunch at the mall, what does Gram report was the teacher's review of Maybeth?
(a) The teacher said Maybeth may need a tutor to help her stay current.
(b) The teacher said Maybeth's work has gone down since the start of the school year.
(c) The teacher said Maybeth is doing fine, right on course for grade level.
(d) The teacher said Maybeth is disruptive and uncooperative.
13. What is Dicey's suggestion to Gram concerning the teacher note?
(a) Write a return note stating Maybeth does the best she can.
(b) Ignore the request for a meeting.
(c) Dicey offers to see the music teacher after school the next day.
(d) Write a return note suggesting Maybeth move to a different class.
14. What does Dicey's new friend say that indicates a true friendship is possible?
(a) She gives Dicey her phone number.
(b) He gives Dicey his phone number.
(c) Tells Dicey to call her Mina, the name her friends call her.
(d) Tells Dicey to call her Mandy, the name her friends call her.
15. What is Dicey's reaction when the children go to bed without saying goodnight to her?
(a) She is irritated at Gram for taking over supervision of the children.
(b) She is upset at being slighted by the children's behavior.
(c) She is proud the children are showing some independence.
(d) She feels left out as a part of their daily routine.
Short Answer Questions
1. After some discussion among James, Gram, Mr. Lingerle and Dicey, what is the plan agreed upon for Maybeth.
2. What is James' first reaction to Maybeth's plight?
3. What is Dicey's thought about her own paper and James' paper about Pilgrims?
4. What is it about Gram that Dicey realizes when she notices how Gram reacts to Maybeth's lateness?
5. What is Dicey's response when Mina says she counted on Dicey not to be ordinary?
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