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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After dinner as they sit by the fire, what is Gram's advice to Dicey?
(a) Teachers are trained to be critical so pay no heed.
(b) People can be cruel and uncaring about others feelings.
(c) School passes quickly and is not the real world at all.
(d) You have to reach out to people, especially family, and not just let them struggle.

2. What does Dicey decide to spend her own money to buy?
(a) Guitar music book for Jeff.
(b) New loafers for Gram.
(c) Magazine subscription for James.
(d) Leather gloves for Gram.

3. What does Dicey buy for Sammy that leads to a conversation about Momma?
(a) A poster of a newsboy on a bike.
(b) A model airplane.
(c) A wood carving of a chicken.
(d) A wrestler action figure toy.

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

5. What thought occurs to Dicey as she resumes washing the market windows?
(a) People in small towns are petty and self-absorbed.
(b) She does not really need school, she would be happy with a little store.
(c) If you learn something, that does not mean you have to do it.
(d) She needs to try harder in school so she can do more than wash windows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dicey think is the most important aspect of an essay?

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

3. As they walk, what does Mina blurt out, then immediately regret?

4. As Mina and Dicey talk about different types of people, what does Dicey say about all people?

5. As they walk their bikes slowly, what idea does Mina suggest to Dicey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dicey conclude when she first sees the failing home ec grade on her report card?

2. When Dicey reflects on all that has happened in two days with the quick departure to Boston and all the activity once there, what does dicey realize about herself?

3. What is it about Gram not telling Dicey any advance information about the trip to Boston or Momma's condition that shows Gram's state of mind?

4. What is the principle involved when Sammy flatly refuses to discuss the reason for fighting on the bus?

5. What happens as Mina and Dicey walk together toward the farm after Dicey's work at the market?

6. When the humiliation in the classroom ends, Dicey wordlessly takes her essay from the teacher and leaves the room without expressing her thoughts. What are Dicey's thoughts at that point?

7. What does Dicey tell Jeff in response to his invitation to the dance?

8. What family perspective concerning Momma occurs to Dicey as she does the Christmas shopping focused on each family member?

9. The home economics teacher Miss Eversleigh gives a short speech about how important it is to know the life skills she is teaching in class. What is Dicey's reaction to the speech?

10. What does Mr. Limgerle being a Thanksgiving dinner guest demonstrate is happening with the family?

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