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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sandy meet Jim?
(a) In a bar.
(b) In a grocery store.
(c) In the barn.
(d) In the Marsh's garden.

2. What type of music does Birdie enjoy hearing while on vacation?
(a) The Blues.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Black Gospel.
(d) Rap music.

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

4. Who is Taj?
(a) Aunt Dot's daughter.
(b) Aunt Dot's husband.
(c) Aunt Dot's son.
(d) Aunt Dot's Pekingese.

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

6. What is the name of Birdie's fictitious father?
(a) David Bloomington.
(b) Bernie Goldman.
(c) David Goldman.
(d) Bernie Bloomington.

7. What does Jim scold Birdie for in Chapter 9?
(a) Shoplifting.
(b) Lying.
(c) Being argumentative.
(d) Running away.

8. How does Ali's father know Deck?
(a) They were best friends.
(b) They worked together at Berkeley.
(c) He is Deck's publisher.
(d) They are brothers.

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

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

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

12. Where do Jim, Sandy, Birdie, and Mona get lost when returning from vacation?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) New Haven.
(c) New York City.
(d) New Jersey.

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

14. In Chapter 12, why is Birdie taunted by the boys in town?
(a) Because they think she is black.
(b) Because she dresses poorly.
(c) Because she is with Samantha.
(d) Because they think she is Jewish.

15. Why is Nicholas expelled from his private school?
(a) For stealing from the school office.
(b) For cheating.
(c) For mooning the headmistress.
(d) For having an affair with his English teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, where do Jim, Sandy, Birdie, and Mona go on a vacation trip?

2. In Chapter 9, why do the girls in town tease Birdie?

3. What do Birdie and Nicholas smoke in Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 12, where does Nicholas spend his summer?

5. Where does Sandy decide Birdie should go in Chapter 11?

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