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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. When Dicey and her siblings prepare to transfer to a bus to WIlmington, Delaware, how much time do they have to wait?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 75 minutes.
(c) 65 minutes.
(d) 50 minutes.

2. When does Abigail plan to mail the letter to Eunice in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Wednesday.

3. How long is Jerry's father's boat?
(a) 32 feet.
(b) 35 feet.
(c) 40 feet.
(d) 30 feet.

4. How much money does Dicey have left at the end of Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) $47 and some change.
(b) $51 and some change.
(c) $38 and some change.
(d) $23 and some change.

5. How old are Jerry and Tom?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the children see a circus, what time does a woman tell them that the circus opens?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 4, what do the children eat for supper when Sammy does not catch any fish?

3. What does Abigail bring the children for a snack the first day they are with her in Part 2, Chapter 9?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 11, what type of bathrobe is Abigail wearing when Dicey finds her in the kitchen writing?

5. What time do the children wake in Part 2, Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Sammy, James, and Maybeth get to their grandmother's place?

2. What does Will do for the children when he takes them into town in Part 2, Chapter 6?

3. What does Abigail tell the children about their father?

4. Who comes to visit in Part 2, Chapter 10, and what do they bring?

5. What plan does Dicey come up with to stay at their grandmother's?

6. How do the children escape from Mr. Rudyard in Part 2, Chapter 5?

7. What do the children have for breakfast before Jerry sails them to the eastern shore?

8. How does Dicey compare herself and her siblings to other kids they see in Part 2, Chapter 4?

9. In Part 2, Chapter 11, how long does Abigail say that the children can stay?

10. At the end of Part 2, Chapter 10, what argument do Dicey and her grandmother have about Sammy?

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