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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Birdie and Cole similar?
(a) They are both daughters of a black father and a white mother.
(b) They are biracial best friends from different interracial families.
(c) They look almost like identical twins.
(d) They are both adopted.

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

3. 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 is stiff and formal.
(d) She accuses Birdie of lying.

4. What decision does Deck make in Chapter 1 that radically alters Birdie and Cole's lives?
(a) His daughters will no longer be home-schooled.
(b) His daughters will go to boarding school.
(c) The family will move to Brazil.
(d) The family will move to Canada.

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

6. Where do Cole and her father run to?
(a) Africa.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Mexico.
(d) California.

7. Who is Bernadette?
(a) Deck's new girlfriend.
(b) Birdie's best friend from Aurora.
(c) The landlord of Motel 6 in upstate New York.
(d) An Australian woman who becomes Sandy's lover.

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

9. What does Cole 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.

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

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

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

13. What is the name of the book the Lodge family ancestor wrote?
(a) The Wonders of the Invisible World.
(b) The Raven.
(c) Huckleberry Finn.
(d) A Tale of Two Cities.

14. What items does Sandy shoplift in Chapter 3?
(a) A pack of sodas.
(b) Two dolls.
(c) Two chocolate bars.
(d) Two pairs of gloves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cole Lee?

2. Where do Deck and Cole plan to travel to?

3. How does Sandy know the Harvard professor?

4. What is the name of Birdie and Cole's secret language?

5. What types of items are in Birdie's present?

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