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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of Birdie and Cole's secret language?
(a) Elopee.
(b) Elemeno.
(c) Africana.
(d) Sahara.
2. What item does Cole wear at the end of Chapter 5 as she leaves Birdie a present?
(a) An African turban.
(b) A bathrobe.
(c) Her school shirt.
(d) Her mother's Egyptian necklace.
3. What fear does Sandy develop in Chapter 3?
(a) She thinks that Birdie and Cole will get hurt at school.
(b) She fears Deck will leave her.
(c) She is afraid of the students living upstairs.
(d) She fears she is under police surveillance.
4. What is the name of the book the Lodge family ancestor wrote?
(a) The Wonders of the Invisible World.
(b) A Tale of Two Cities.
(c) Huckleberry Finn.
(d) The Raven.
5. Where is Aunt Dot moving to in Chapter 1?
(a) Africa.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Mexico.
(d) India.
6. 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.
7. What does Redbone show Birdie at her Aunt Dot's farewell party?
(a) Her grandfather's book.
(b) A photo of her parents.
(c) Guns.
(d) Articles about forced integration.
8. What false identity does Sandy claim when speaking to Walter Marsh?
(a) A widowed professor's wife.
(b) A widowed society wife.
(c) A freelance writer.
(d) A former high school history teacher.
9. Who is Bernadette?
(a) Birdie's best friend from Aurora.
(b) Deck's new girlfriend.
(c) An Australian woman who becomes Sandy's lover.
(d) The landlord of Motel 6 in upstate New York.
10. How are Birdie and Cole similar?
(a) They are biracial best friends from different interracial families.
(b) They are both adopted.
(c) They are both daughters of a black father and a white mother.
(d) They look almost like identical twins.
11. Where do Cole and her father run to?
(a) Africa.
(b) California.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Mexico.
12. What does Cole's Nana teach her to appreciate when she is three?
(a) African Folk Art.
(b) Nat King Cole's music.
(c) Billie Holiday and the Blues.
(d) Sweetened coffee with cream.
13. Whom does Birdie search for when she leaves her mother?
(a) Her father and sister.
(b) Her old boyfriend.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her best friend.
14. Which offensive gift has Grandma Lodge given Cole in the past?
(a) The black stereotype doll, Mr. Golliwog.
(b) A gift certificate to a salon that caters to white customers.
(c) The book, "Little Women".
(d) A lawn jockey.
15. What types of items are in Birdie's present?
(a) Reminders of her African-American heritage.
(b) Photos of Deck, Cole, and Birdie.
(c) Childhood toys and drawings.
(d) Reminders of her childhood.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which character does Birdie stay with during her teen years?
2. What does the snapshot stuck in the encyclopedia show?
3. Where do Sandy and Birdie stay while in upstate New York?
4. Who is Cole Lee?
5. Why is Birdie invited to be a part of Maria's group?
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