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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of paper is used to wrap Birdie's gift?
(a) The Sunday comics.
(b) White butcher paper.
(c) Birthday paper.
(d) Christmas paper.

2. What does Walter Marsh accuse the gardener of doing in Chapter 8?
(a) Leaving work early.
(b) Damaging the yellow rose bush.
(c) Stealing the yellow roses from their garden.
(d) Stealing corn from their garden.

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

4. Where does Birdie go to school in Chapter 7?
(a) She is home schooled.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) South Boston Junior High.
(d) Nkrumah.

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

6. Which character does Walter Marsh remind Birdie of?
(a) Grandpa Logan.
(b) Redbone.
(c) Randall.
(d) Deck.

7. How does Cole entertain a bored Birdie at the restaurant in Chapter 5?
(a) She makes a doll with her napkin and chopsticks.
(b) She puts Birdie's hair up with the chopsticks.
(c) She makes a puppet out of her napkin.
(d) She tells Birdie a story about the land of Elemeno.

8. Who has been using Sandy and Deck's second floor guestroom in Chapter 1?
(a) Sandy's mother.
(b) College students.
(c) Deck's mother.
(d) Different groups of strangers.

9. What is the Nubian Nation?
(a) A county in Brazil.
(b) A revolutionary activist group.
(c) A country of Africa.
(d) A music store that caters to African-Americans.

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

11. What surprising meal does Sandy buy Cole and Birdie in Chapter 3?
(a) Calamari and Mahi-Mahi.
(b) Doritos, Cap'n Crunch, and soda.
(c) Fast food burgers and fries.
(d) Pizza, chips, and soda.

12. Where does Sandy tell Birdie that maggots come from?
(a) Garbage.
(b) Flies.
(c) Poor people.
(d) Rotting meat.

13. Why does Birdie have difficulty fitting into her new private school?
(a) She doesn't appear to be white enough.
(b) She doesn't appear to be black enough.
(c) Her clothes are old and shoddy.
(d) She is painfully shy and afraid of the other students.

14. 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 go to Concord and visit sites of literary significance.
(c) They visit their Grandma Logan.
(d) They drive to New York and see a Broadway show.

15. What do Nicholas and Birdie do together in Chapter 8?
(a) Replant the yellow rose bush.
(b) Ride to Birdie's cottage on Mr. Pleasure.
(c) Smoke weed.
(d) Go into town.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Sandy want Birdie to change her racial identity?

3. Where do Birdie and Cole sleep?

4. What make-up ritual do Sandy and Deck typically have after an argument?

5. Where is Aunt Dot moving to in Chapter 1?

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