2. Why does Deck insult Ronnie Parkman?
(a) Because Ronnie has been in jail.
(b) Because he thinks Ronnie is paranoid.
(c) Because Ronnie is gay.
(d) Because Ronnie is living with a white woman.

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

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

5. What name is on Aunt Dot's mailbox?
(a) Gaff.
(b) Ghalif.
(c) Ghand.
(d) Lee.

6. What does Birdie trade her Grandma Lodge in exchange for the funds to travel to California?
(a) A postcard from Deck.
(b) A fictitious address for Sandy.
(c) Sandy's cell phone number.
(d) A postcard from Sandy.

7. What does Birdie find in Aunt Dot's living room?
(a) The Egyptian necklace.
(b) A postcard from Deck.
(c) The African mask.
(d) A photograph of Deck, Cole, and Carmen.

8. What is Birdie doing in Chapter 10 when Nicholas visits her in the barn?
(a) Sitting and thinking.
(b) Currying Mr. Pleasure.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Singing.

9. Who hosts the party that Mona and Birdie attend in Chapter 14?
(a) Walter and Libby Marsh.
(b) Samantha.
(c) Mona's half-brother, Dennis.
(d) Mona's mother, Sheila.

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

11. Where does Jim claim to have lived before?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Canada.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) New York.

12. What does Birdie tell the children at the beach?
(a) That she is a princess from Tanzania.
(b) That she is a college student from Berkeley.
(c) The sand is full of diamonds.
(d) Fairies live behind the sand dunes.

13. How does Birdie travel to Boston?
(a) In Nicholas' car.
(b) By bus.
(c) By plane.
(d) By hitchhiking.

14. How does Nicholas offend Birdie at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) He tells her he would never kiss a black girl.
(b) He tells her she almost looks black.
(c) He leaves without saying goodbye.
(d) He calls her mother "white trash".

15. What does Sandy discover has happened to Nkrumah school in Chapter 16?
(a) It is now a public school.
(b) It has closed.
(c) It was bought by Berkeley.
(d) It burned.