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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What strange items are placed in Sandy's basement in Chapter 4?
(a) Long black packages that resemble guns.
(b) Cardboard boxes full of paper.
(c) Plastic pipe and wooden boxes.
(d) Short brown packages that resemble books.

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

4. Who does Sandy believe is trying to arrest her?
(a) The Brazillian Government.
(b) The Boston PD.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The activist rebels.

5. How does Deck know the Harvard professor?
(a) He is the professor's son.
(b) He worked with the professor.
(c) He was the professor's neighbor.
(d) He is the professor's student.

6. Which horse does Birdie ride in Chapter 8?
(a) Coal.
(b) Nicholas.
(c) Mr. Pleasure.
(d) Marsh.

7. Which character does Birdie stay with during her teen years?
(a) Redbone.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Deck.
(d) Dot.

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

9. Which famous author is the Lodge family related to?
(a) Cotton Mather.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe.

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

11. Who is Sandy Lee?
(a) A white intellectual mother and writer.
(b) A black Harvard professor.
(c) A white Brahmin mother and political activist.
(d) A white mother and lawyer.

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

13. Which character teases Birdie about giving the "black is beautiful" salute at school?
(a) Deck.
(b) Ali.
(c) Sandy.
(d) Cole.

14. What item does Cole place in Birdie's bed in Chapter 5?
(a) Mr. Golliwog.
(b) Her favorite shirt.
(c) The napkin doll from the restaurant.
(d) A shoebox.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character confronts Birdie on the playground?

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

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

4. What types of food are Sandy and Birdie used to eating?

5. Which character does Walter Marsh remind Birdie of?

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