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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the snapshot stuck in the encyclopedia show?
(a) Sandy's high school graduation.
(b) Deck's high school graduation.
(c) Sandy and Deck's wedding.
(d) Sandy and Deck's high school prom.

2. Why doesn't Sandy want Birdie to attend Deck's preferred school?
(a) Sandy fears for Birdie's safety.
(b) Birdie is too young to live away from home.
(c) Birdie is too shy to attend public school.
(d) Birdie looks like a Sicilian.

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

4. Which school would Deck like for his daughters to attend?
(a) Dorchester Elementary.
(b) Nkrumah.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) South Boston Junior High.

5. Why does Sandy want Birdie to change her racial identity?
(a) Because she fears the Brazillian Government might try to sell Birdie.
(b) Because the Boston PD is looking for a white woman and white child.
(c) Because the FBI is looking for a white woman with a black child.
(d) Because she fears the activist rebels will kidnap Birdie.

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

7. What advice do both Sandy and Birdie's teacher give Birdie?
(a) Blood is thicker than water.
(b) Respect your elders.
(c) Stay away from Redbone.
(d) Stay away from Mona.

8. What does Cole do to try and fit in with the students at her private school?
(a) She skips school and hangs out near the park.
(b) She wears her hair in a thick braid and gets her ears pierced.
(c) She joins the cheerleading squad.
(d) She wears lipstick and has her hair braided into small braids.

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

10. Where does Birdie go to school in Chapter 7?
(a) She is home schooled.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) Nkrumah.
(d) South Boston Junior High.

11. Who gives Sandy money for her trip?
(a) Deck.
(b) Aunt Dot.
(c) Grandma Logan.
(d) Bernadette.

12. How does Carmen treat Birdie when they speak on the phone?
(a) She accuses Birdie of lying.
(b) She is friendly.
(c) She is rude and makes cutting remarks about Deck.
(d) She is stiff and formal.

13. How does Birdie describe the present she receives from Cole and Deck?
(a) As a box of Africanabilia.
(b) As a box of memorabilia.
(c) As a box of negrobilia.
(d) As a bag of Africana.

14. Who is Bernadette?
(a) Birdie's best friend from Aurora.
(b) An Australian woman who becomes Sandy's lover.
(c) Deck's new girlfriend.
(d) The landlord of Motel 6 in upstate New York.

15. What is a WASP?
(a) White Anglo Saxon Protestant.
(b) White Angry Southern Princess.
(c) White Anglo Saxon Person.
(d) White Anglo Saxon Princess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Nicholas and Birdie do together in Chapter 8?

2. How are Birdie and Cole different?

3. Where does Sandy decide to settle at the end of Chapter 7?

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

5. What false identity does Sandy claim when speaking to Walter Marsh?

(see the answer keys)

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