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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is it about the history paper James writes that is different than the usual?
(a) James focuses only on the children aboard the Pilgrim voyage.
(b) James details the personal wealth of some of the leaders on the voyage.
(c) James researched the weather patterns that existed during the Pilgrim voyage.
(d) James details the reasons why each Pilgrim chose to come to America.

3. What thought occurs to Dicey when James shows the family Bible with the names of Gram's children written inside?
(a) Dicey thinks the list of names stirs melancholy and gloom.
(b) Dicey thinks the list of names provides mental comfort to Gram.
(c) Dicey thinks her mother's name should be lined out.
(d) Dicey thinks the four kids names should be added to the Bible list.

4. What does James think might be the root of Maybeth's reading troubles?
(a) Self-induced stress created by fear of failure.
(b) Inability to relate to the material that is read.
(c) Lack of imagination to visualize what is read.
(d) Emotional troubles that blocked early learning skills.

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

6. After lunch, what do Gram and Dicey conclude should be advice to Sammy about school?
(a) Dicey will tell Sammy he will soon have a tutor.
(b) Dicey will tell Sammy to loosen up and be himself, he does not have to be perfect.
(c) Dicey will tell Sammy his attitude at school has to improve.
(d) Dicey will tell Sammy he has to spend more time reading.

7. What additional task does Dicey take on at the store when Millie struggles?
(a) Dicey will make a few home deliveries on her route home after work.
(b) Dicey will open the store in the mornings before school.
(c) Dicey volunteers to do the ordering since Millie has difficulty reading.
(d) Dicey will close the store in the evenings after dinner.

8. What is the new home economics topic that Dicey dislikes just the same as the apron project?
(a) Nutrition.
(b) Stenciling.
(c) Quilting.
(d) Sterilization.

9. What is the subject matter in English class that Dicey finds boring?
(a) Character conflict in fiction.
(b) Recently published fiction books that have sold as Hollywood movie themes.
(c) Character development in fiction.
(d) Character conflict in biographies.

10. What image of her mother comes to her mind as Dicey is sitting alone on the dock at sunset?
(a) A police photo of her mother's dazed face and short cropped hair.
(b) A photo of her mother from the Boston newspaper.
(c) An image of her smiling mother in her gown on her wedding day.
(d) An image of her young mother laughing and running in the farm fields.

11. What does Dicey do at the store on the first work Saturday that seems to make a big difference?
(a) Wash the floor.
(b) Empty the overflowing trash bin.
(c) Discard out-of-date goods.
(d) Remove a damaged shelf.

12. What does James express to Dicey that he finds odd about Gram?
(a) Gram seems distracted by events in long years passed.
(b) Gram does not display pictures of her children or ever talk about the past.
(c) Gram tells too many quick stories about her kids.
(d) Gram has unexplainable dark moods that come and go suddenly.

13. What is it about the changed circumstances that has brought each of the kids to insecurity and doubt?
(a) Gram might be too weak and fragile to permanently handle their lives.
(b) The new hope that life is about to get a whole lot better.
(c) Courts, lawyers, schools and social workers cannot be totally trusted.
(d) The four will likely have to split up because no one person can handle all 4.

14. What advice from Gram does Dicey recall when she gets irritated with James?
(a) Gram says you have to hold on to people you love or they can slip away.
(b) Gram says never speak in anger, always wait one full day.
(c) Gram says never tell a person the hurtful truth.
(d) Gram says always tell people exactly what you think about them.

15. Who is the person Gram and Dicey decide to talk with about Maybeth's school progress?
(a) Mr Chappelle.
(b) Mr. Lingerle.
(c) James.
(d) Millie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Dicey's thoughts as she realizes the younger ones are getting along without her?

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

3. What is it that distracts Dicey as she hurries from the school to the bike rack?

4. What does James say about fitting in at the new school?

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

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