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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. Which horse does Birdie ride in Chapter 8?

2. Who is Deck Lee?

3. Why does Sandy believe she is about to be arrested?

4. Which character does Birdie stay with during her teen years?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Sandy and Birdie's new identities.

2. How is Birdie schooled while she and Sandy are on the road?

3. Why does Sandy dye her hair copper?

4. What is in the present that Deck and Cole leave for Birdie?

5. What happens in Sandy's basement after she and Deck separate?

6. Why does Sandy tell Deck he is like Grandma Lodge in blackface?

7. Why does Cole give Birdie Golliwog?

8. Why do Deck and Sandy argue about their daughters' schooling?

9. Why does Birdie have to change her name and racial identity?

10. Describe Sandy's efforts to find a school for her daughters.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of WASPs in the novel? How does Sandy identify a WASP? What ironies are evident in her description? How does Sandy's perceptions of WASPs affect both her and Birdie's characters?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of Mr. Golliwog. What does he symbolize to Sandy? What does he symbolize to Grandma Logan? What does he symbolize to Cole and Birdie? How does Deck's renaming of the doll affect the reader's view of its purpose?

Essay Topic 3

How does Nicholas' comment about Birdie's appearance affect their relationship? What perceptions does Birdie have of beauty and race? What perceptions does Nicholas have of beauty and race? What might this foreshadow for their relationship?

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