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

2. Why can't Birdie and Cole attend the first day of public school?
(a) They are both sick with the flu.
(b) Sandy refuses to let the girls go to school.
(c) Boston is covered in snow.
(d) The bus can't get through due to riotous demonstrations.

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

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

5. Which character confronts Birdie on the playground?
(a) Mona.
(b) Redbone.
(c) Sandy.
(d) Cole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the book the Lodge family ancestor wrote?

2. What color does Sandy dye her hair at the end of Chapter 5?

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

4. Where do Birdie and Cole sleep?

5. What does Sandy tell Birdie to do the morning after Cole and Deck leave?

(see the answer key)

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