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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Birdie search for when she leaves her mother?
(a) Her old boyfriend.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her father and sister.
(d) Her grandfather.

2. What does Birdie miss listening to in Chapter 8?
(a) Her sister's voice.
(b) Billie Holiday and the Blues.
(c) The sounds of the city.
(d) Black music like Barry White.

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

4. Who is Deck Lee?
(a) A black intellectual father and writer.
(b) A black father and lawyer.
(c) A white intellectual father and writer.
(d) A black Harvard professor.

5. How does Carmen treat Birdie when they speak on the phone?
(a) She is rude and makes cutting remarks about Deck.
(b) She is friendly.
(c) She accuses Birdie of lying.
(d) She is stiff and formal.

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

7. Who gives Sandy money for her trip?
(a) Bernadette.
(b) Grandma Logan.
(c) Aunt Dot.
(d) Deck.

8. When do Sandy and Deck meet?
(a) January of 1953.
(b) January of 1963.
(c) January of 1983.
(d) January of 1973.

9. What type of mask does Sandy wear when playing with her daughters in Chapter 3?
(a) A Mardi Gras mask.
(b) A Brazillian Carnival mask.
(c) A Halloween mask.
(d) An African mask.

10. What is the name of Birdie and Cole's secret language?
(a) Elopee.
(b) Sahara.
(c) Elemeno.
(d) Africana.

11. Where in the encyclopedia is the snapshot placed?
(a) It marks the page that describes Africa's geography.
(b) It marks the page that describes the culture of Brazil.
(c) It marks the page that describes West African gods.
(d) It marks the page that describes the three main racial categories.

12. What does Birdie do to try and fit in with the students at her private school?
(a) She joins the cheerleading squad.
(b) She wears her hair in a thick braid and gets her ears pierced.
(c) She wears lipstick and has her hair braided into small braids.
(d) She skips school and hangs out near the park.

13. Which character does Birdie stay with after the dinner in Chapter 5?
(a) Deck.
(b) Redbone.
(c) Sandy.
(d) Grandma Logan.

14. What make-up ritual do Sandy and Deck typically have after an argument?
(a) Gin and tonic and a game of cards.
(b) A bottle of red wine, a carton of noodles, and Al Green music.
(c) Slow dancing to Barry White, a bottle of vodka, and chips.
(d) Pizza, screwdrivers, and Nat King Cole.

15. What is a WASP?
(a) White Angry Southern Princess.
(b) White Anglo Saxon Protestant.
(c) White Anglo Saxon Person.
(d) White Anglo Saxon Princess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cole Lee?

2. Which identity does Sandy force Birdie to adopt?

3. Why does the school clerk want to assign Birdie and Cole to different public schools?

4. Who is Birdie Lee?

5. Which character does Birdie compare Sandy to in Chapter 6?

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