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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Birdie look at while she wanders the streets of town in Chapter 9?
(a) An African mask in a store window.
(b) Prom dresses in store windows.
(c) All the white people.
(d) Candy bars in store windows.

2. Who is Jim?
(a) Walter Marsh's gardener.
(b) Sandy's new lover.
(c) Nicholas' father.
(d) Birdie's new boyfriend.

3. In Chapter 10, what school does Birdie imagine she is attending?
(a) South Boston Junior High.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) Dorchester Elementary.
(d) Nkrumah.

4. Why do Birdie and Nicholas become such close friends?
(a) They are both biracial.
(b) They both love horses.
(c) Both have unhappy home lives.
(d) Neither one of them really "fit-in".

5. Why does Sandy drop a jar of jam in the store?
(a) She is shocked to see Cole.
(b) It slips from her trembling fingers.
(c) She is shocked to see a black girl with a white mother.
(d) Redbone suddenly appears in front of her.

6. Who is Alexis?
(a) The Marsh's maid.
(b) Nicholas' girlfriend.
(c) Birdie's best friend from Aurora.
(d) Birdie's first friend in New Hampshire.

7. Why won't Sandy allow Birdie to contact Deck and Cole?
(a) She knows that Deck does not want to see Birdie.
(b) She is afraid the FBI will capture them.
(c) Because she wants to hurt Deck.
(d) Because she is afraid of Deck.

8. What does Birdie take from her mother's box of mementos?
(a) A postcard from Aunt Dot.
(b) Her great grandmother's wedding ring.
(c) The Egyptian necklace.
(d) A photo of her father and Cole.

9. While at a party, which character does Birdie meet in the woods?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Mona.
(c) Jim.
(d) Nicholas.

10. Who is Mona?
(a) Nicholas' new girlfriend.
(b) The leader of Birdie's new group of friends.
(c) The Marsh's new maid.
(d) The only dark-skinned biracial girl at school.

11. What does Corvette help Birdie do?
(a) Find Deck's apartment.
(b) Find Aunt Dot's apartment.
(c) Cash a check.
(d) Read a map.

12. Where does Sandy decide Birdie should go in Chapter 11?
(a) To Brazil.
(b) To New York.
(c) To Boston.
(d) To school.

13. Which character offers Birdie a ride home from town in Chapter 9?
(a) Libby Marsh.
(b) Nicholas Marsh.
(c) Aurora.
(d) Walter Marsh.

14. Why does Birdie go to the woods to urinate in Chapter 14?
(a) Because the toilet is broken.
(b) The line to the bathroom is too long.
(c) Because the bathroom is full of girls smoking pot.
(d) Because Mona is in the bathroom being sick.

15. What type of career does Sandy claim Grandfather Goldman held?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A high school history teacher.
(c) A newspaper editor.
(d) A businessman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim falsely claim to be at the end of Chapter 9?

2. Who is Samantha?

3. Who hosts the party that Mona and Birdie attend in Chapter 14?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 17, which character does Birdie meet in the park?

5. Why does Deck leave Brazil?

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