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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 Sit and Spin.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sandy do with the girls on the day she keeps them out of school in Chapter 3?
(a) They eat pizza and watch old movies.
(b) They drive to New York and see a Broadway show.
(c) They go to Concord and visit sites of literary significance.
(d) They visit their Grandma Logan.

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

4. How does Nicholas offend Birdie at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) He leaves without saying goodbye.
(b) He tells her she almost looks black.
(c) He tells her he would never kiss a black girl.
(d) He calls her mother "white trash".

5. Who is Cole Lee?
(a) Sandy's white daughter from her first marriage.
(b) Deck's dark skinned sister.
(c) Deck and Sandy's dark skinned oldest daughter.
(d) Deck and Sandy's light skinned youngest daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Cole wear at the end of Chapter 5 as she leaves Birdie a present?

2. Where do Sandy and Birdie stay while in upstate New York?

3. Which horse does Birdie ride in Chapter 8?

4. Where does the Lee family go to dinner in Chapter 5?

5. Where does Birdie find the Egyptian necklace?

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