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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Birdie find the Egyptian necklace?
(a) In her box of Africanabilia.
(b) In her mother's jewelry box.
(c) In her bag of Africana.
(d) In her box of negrobilia.

2. What advice do both Sandy and Birdie's teacher give Birdie?
(a) Respect your elders.
(b) Stay away from Mona.
(c) Blood is thicker than water.
(d) Stay away from Redbone.

3. What do Nicholas and Birdie do together in Chapter 8?
(a) Replant the yellow rose bush.
(b) Smoke weed.
(c) Go into town.
(d) Ride to Birdie's cottage on Mr. Pleasure.

4. How does Sandy earn money once her funds run out?
(a) By shoplifting.
(b) By tutoring dyslexic children.
(c) By working in a convenience store.
(d) By working at the front desk of Motel 6.

5. Where do Sandy and Birdie stay while in upstate New York?
(a) Woodstock.
(b) In a Motel 6.
(c) The women's commune, Aurora.
(d) In a small fishing village near the Canadian border.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Sandy and Deck meet?

2. Who has been using Sandy and Deck's second floor guestroom in Chapter 1?

3. What does Birdie's mother discuss with her friends in the basement?

4. What surprising meal does Sandy buy Cole and Birdie in Chapter 3?

5. Why does Birdie have difficulty fitting into her new private school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cole give Birdie Golliwog?

2. What is Deck's theory about ethnic restaurants?

3. Describe Cole Lee.

4. Describe the peek-a-boo game that Sandy plays with her daughters.

5. Why does Sandy tell Deck he is like Grandma Lodge in blackface?

6. How does Deck begin to view interracial couples after he and Sandy separate?

7. Describe Birdie's relationship with Carmen.

8. How is Birdie schooled while she and Sandy are on the road?

9. How do Birdie and Cole learn to fit into school society at Nkrumah?

10. Describe Sandy Lee.

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