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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 color does Sandy dye her hair at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Copper.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blond.

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

3. What do Cole and Birdie learn from an Ebony magazine article?
(a) How to wear turbans.
(b) About forced integration.
(c) How to braid their hair.
(d) Black English.

4. Why doesn't Deck want to leave with Sandy?
(a) He wants to stay and teach at Berkeley.
(b) He wants to stay with Carmen.
(c) He does not want to leave the United States.
(d) He is tired of listening to her political drivel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What decision does Deck make in Chapter 1 that radically alters Birdie and Cole's lives?

2. Which character does Birdie stay with after the dinner in Chapter 5?

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

4. Where do Birdie and Cole sleep?

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

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