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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Birdie notice about her mother's hair in Chapter 14?
(a) It is very different from her own hair.
(b) It is turning gray.
(c) Sandy has cut her hair short.
(d) Sandy has stopped dyeing her hair.

4. 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.

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

6. Which character does Dot call at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) Sandy.
(b) Grandma Logan.
(c) Deck.
(d) Redbone.

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

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

9. Why doesn't Birdie tell her Aunt Dot where Sandy is living?
(a) She does not want to tell Aunt Dot about Jim.
(b) She is concerned Aunt Dot might be working with the feds.
(c) She is afraid Aunt Dot will contact Sandy.
(d) Sandy is still afraid of Deck.

10. What does Birdie do that sparks a racial confrontation in Chapter 13?
(a) She sticks her tongue out at a black boy.
(b) She waves at a black boy.
(c) She stares at a Puerto Rican boy.
(d) She talks to a Puerto Rican boy through the car window.

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

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

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

14. In Chapter 10, why type of report does Birdie imagine she is doing research for?
(a) An article for Ebony magazine.
(b) A newspaper article on white people.
(c) A report on FBI spy techniques.
(d) A school report on white people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sandy drop a jar of jam in the store?

2. What sad realization does Birdie come to at the end of Chapter 13?

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

4. Why is Nicholas expelled from his private school?

5. In Chapter 9, which character does Sandy blame for the break up of her family and her "persecution"?

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