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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gram's matter of fact statement concerning the kids?

2. What advice from Gram does Dicey recall when she gets irritated with James?

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

4. What does Dicey like to do for solitary relaxation each afternoon?

5. After lunch, what do Gram and Dicey conclude should be advice to Sammy about school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the current condition of the sailboat and Dicey's plans for it align with the current situation of the kids?

2. What does Dicey's surprise at being chosen as Mina's science class partner indicate about Dicey's frame of mind.

3. What does Gram's reaction about the kids in the attic reveal?

4. When Sammy insist upon helping work on the sailboat, why does Dicey get irritated?

5. What does Gram's insistence about buying a jumper and a dress indicate?

6. What does Dicey's decision about Maybeth's music lesson cost indicate?

7. What is the impact on Dicey when James gets his job delivering newspapers?

8. What action does Gram take that signals maybe there is a chance for a stable future in Maryland?

9. What does the reaction of Gram and Dicey to the suggestion of a tutor for Maybeth indicate?

10. How is Dicey's thinking impacted when she learns Millie cannot read?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While nervously awaiting in class the return of the essays by the English teacher, Dicey muses on the hypocrisy of school in general. Expand on the premise that school is supposed to be about learning and accumulating knowledge and wisdom, but in reality all that counts is a letter grade.

Essay Topic 2

Dicey and her siblings made a journey toward the unknown in their summer travels from Massachusetts to Maryland. Once settled and things seem to be known and working out, Gram reverses the journey going from Maryland to Massachusetts and this time not disclosing what is known. Discuss how the two scenarios are the same and how each differs concerning the impact on Dicey.

Essay Topic 3

Gram characterizes Dicey's essay as an attempt to impress and open up to her classmates to give an opportunity to know something about her. She cares about school and classmates and people knowing something about her and her family. Contrast this attempt with the reasoning by Mina that Dicey does not care enough to cheat.

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