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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character does Birdie compare Sandy to in Chapter 6?
(a) Grandma Lodge.
(b) Barbara Walters.
(c) Cole.
(d) Billie Holiday.

2. Why does Sandy want to stop running and settle down?
(a) She feels bad that Birdie has no home.
(b) She is too sick to keep running.
(c) She is tired of running.
(d) She meets a wonderful man.

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

4. Where does Birdie find the Egyptian necklace?
(a) In her box of Africanabilia.
(b) In her bag of Africana.
(c) In her box of negrobilia.
(d) In her mother's jewelry box.

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

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

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

8. Where is Aunt Dot moving to in Chapter 1?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Africa.
(c) India.
(d) Mexico.

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

10. How does Carmen treat Cole?
(a) She is kind and teaches Cole how to drive.
(b) She is friendly and fixes Cole's hair.
(c) She is rude and makes cutting remarks about Deck.
(d) She ignores Cole completely.

11. Why does a white couple call the police while Deck is in the park with Birdie?
(a) Because they thought Deck stole their basket.
(b) Because Birdie was crying and trying to run from Deck.
(c) Because they see a black man alone with a white girl.
(d) Because they saw Deck hit Birdie.

12. Which school would Deck like for his daughters to attend?
(a) Dorchester Elementary.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) South Boston Junior High.
(d) Nkrumah.

13. What family heirloom does Sandy sell?
(a) An antique painting.
(b) Her grandmother's wedding ring.
(c) The Egyptian necklace.
(d) The Logan family silver.

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

15. Where do Sandy and Birdie stay while in upstate New York?
(a) Woodstock.
(b) In a small fishing village near the Canadian border.
(c) In a Motel 6.
(d) The women's commune, Aurora.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does Cole stay with after the dinner in Chapter 5?

2. How does Sandy know the Harvard professor?

3. Which character confronts Birdie on the playground?

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

5. Where does Sandy decide to settle at the end of Chapter 7?

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