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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 Same Difference.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the school clerk want to assign Birdie and Cole to different public schools?
(a) She wants to place Birdie in an all-white school.
(b) For the sake of diversity.
(c) The schools are overcrowded.
(d) Because Birdie looks too young to attend Junior High.

2. Who has been using Sandy and Deck's second floor guestroom in Chapter 1?
(a) Deck's mother.
(b) College students.
(c) Sandy's mother.
(d) Different groups of strangers.

3. Why does Birdie have difficulty fitting into her new private school?
(a) She doesn't appear to be black enough.
(b) She is painfully shy and afraid of the other students.
(c) She doesn't appear to be white enough.
(d) Her clothes are old and shoddy.

4. What does Birdie's mother discuss with her friends in the basement?
(a) Forced integration.
(b) Religion.
(c) Women's rights.
(d) Environmental issues.

5. Who is Sandy Lee?
(a) A white Brahmin mother and political activist.
(b) A black Harvard professor.
(c) A white intellectual mother and writer.
(d) A white mother and lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cole Lee?

2. Where in the encyclopedia is the snapshot placed?

3. Why does a white couple call the police while Deck is in the park with Birdie?

4. Whom does Birdie search for when she leaves her mother?

5. How are Birdie and Cole similar?

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