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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sandy know the Harvard professor?
(a) She is the professor's student.
(b) She is the professor's daughter.
(c) She was the professor's neighbor.
(d) She worked with the professor.

2. In Chapter 5, where does Sandy suggest the family go?
(a) To Brazil.
(b) To Canada.
(c) To Mexico.
(d) To California.

3. What does Birdie think that Sandy needs to buy in Chapter 8?
(a) A new house.
(b) More food.
(c) A new outfit.
(d) A new car.

4. Why does a white couple call the police while Deck is in the park with Birdie?
(a) Because they see a black man alone with a white girl.
(b) Because they thought Deck stole their basket.
(c) Because they saw Deck hit Birdie.
(d) Because Birdie was crying and trying to run from Deck.

5. What does Sandy tell Birdie to do the morning after Cole and Deck leave?
(a) Call Aunt Dot.
(b) Pack clothes for a short trip.
(c) Throw the doll away.
(d) Call Grandma Logan.

6. Where do Sandy and Birdie stay while in upstate New York?
(a) The women's commune, Aurora.
(b) Woodstock.
(c) In a Motel 6.
(d) In a small fishing village near the Canadian border.

7. Where do Sandy and Birdie live for four years after they leave their home?
(a) Near Woodstock.
(b) In New Hampshire.
(c) In Aurora, New York.
(d) In motels and communes.

8. Which famous author is the Lodge family related to?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Edgar Allen Poe.
(d) Cotton Mather.

9. When do Sandy and Deck meet?
(a) January of 1973.
(b) January of 1953.
(c) January of 1983.
(d) January of 1963.

10. Which character does Birdie compare Sandy to in Chapter 6?
(a) Grandma Lodge.
(b) Barbara Walters.
(c) Cole.
(d) Billie Holiday.

11. Which character does Cole stay with after the dinner in Chapter 5?
(a) Redbone.
(b) Grandma Logan.
(c) Sandy.
(d) Deck.

12. What is the name of Birdie and Cole's secret language?
(a) Elopee.
(b) Africana.
(c) Elemeno.
(d) Sahara.

13. Where does Birdie find the Egyptian necklace?
(a) In her box of Africanabilia.
(b) In her box of negrobilia.
(c) In her mother's jewelry box.
(d) In her bag of Africana.

14. Which character confronts Birdie on the playground?
(a) Redbone.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Cole.
(d) Mona.

15. Which character does Birdie stay with after the dinner in Chapter 5?
(a) Deck.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Grandma Logan.
(d) Redbone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Bernadette?

2. Why is Sandy angry at the end of Chapter 8?

3. What does Redbone show Birdie at her Aunt Dot's farewell party?

4. In Chapter 8, why does Nicholas go outside his home one night?

5. How does Deck know the Harvard professor?

(see the answer keys)

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