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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. Who does Sammy work with at the circus?

2. How long have Jerry and Tom been friends?

3. When does Abigail plan to mail the letter to Eunice in Part 2, Chapter 11?

4. What picture is on the wardrobe in the room that Sammy is staying in at his grandmother's?

5. What route does Will drive when he takes the children to Crisfield?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Dicey see when she arrives at her grandmother's place?

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

4. Why does Abigail say that she cannot keep the children?

5. Why does Will want to take the children to their grandmother's and why does Dicey want to go alone?

6. How do Dicey's siblings react when she says they should just travel and follow the warm weather?

7. In Part 2, Chapter 4, what happens when the children stop at a circus?

8. What do the children eat for supper in Part 2, Chapter 1?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dicey longs for a home. Why does Dicey decide to settle for a place to live, rather than trying to find a home and what is the difference between a place to live and a home?

Essay Topic 2

Windy and Stewart are college students who help the children. Does James betray their kindness?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and character? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

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