Caucasia Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Caucasia Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What is the Nubian Nation?

2. What surprising meal does Sandy buy Cole and Birdie in Chapter 3?

3. What does Walter Marsh accuse the gardener of doing in Chapter 8?

4. How are Birdie and Cole different?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sandy dye her hair copper?

2. Why does Birdie grieve over her Aunt Dot's move to India?

3. Describe the peek-a-boo game that Sandy plays with her daughters.

4. Describe Sandy and Birdie's new identities.

5. Describe Birdie's relationship with Carmen.

6. Describe Birdie and Cole's relationship.

7. Why is Sandy angry that Birdie went horseback riding at night?

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

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

10. How do Deck and Sandy meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Birdie and Cole's secret language. Why might they have felt it necessary to develop the language? How does it bind them in the beginning of the novel and how is it used later in the novel? What does it represent to the biracial sisters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Birdie's inability to tell the truth. How does she develop the habit of lying and what effect does this habit have on her character? What event motivates Birdie to begin speaking the truth and what might this foreshadow for her character?

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