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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 Disintegration of Funk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Cole wear at the end of Chapter 5 as she leaves Birdie a present?
(a) Her school shirt.
(b) An African turban.
(c) Her mother's Egyptian necklace.
(d) A bathrobe.

2. 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) The schools are overcrowded.
(c) For the sake of diversity.
(d) Because Birdie looks too young to attend Junior High.

3. How much older than Birdie is Cole?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 8 years.

4. How does Cole react to her father's comments about the interracial couple in Chapter 3?
(a) She takes their picture.
(b) She cries.
(c) She chides him for being too sensitive.
(d) She ignores him.

5. Why are Cole and Birdie separated for a week in Chapter 4?
(a) Sandy takes Birdie to visit Grandma Logan.
(b) Cole goes to boarding school for a week.
(c) Sandy sends Cole to Grandma Logan's house.
(d) A snowstorm has shut down Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Birdie's mother discuss with her friends in the basement?

2. What advice do both Sandy and Birdie's teacher give Birdie?

3. Which offensive gift has Grandma Lodge given Cole in the past?

4. Which character teases Birdie about giving the "black is beautiful" salute at school?

5. Why doesn't Sandy want Birdie to attend Deck's preferred school?

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