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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. Who is Sandy Lee?
(a) A white Brahmin mother and political activist.
(b) A white mother and lawyer.
(c) A black Harvard professor.
(d) A white intellectual mother and writer.

2. What does Birdie do to try and fit in with the students at her private school?
(a) She wears lipstick and has her hair braided into small braids.
(b) She joins the cheerleading squad.
(c) She skips school and hangs out near the park.
(d) She wears her hair in a thick braid and gets her ears pierced.

3. Which character does Birdie compare Sandy to in Chapter 6?
(a) Cole.
(b) Grandma Lodge.
(c) Billie Holiday.
(d) Barbara Walters.

4. Who has been using Sandy and Deck's second floor guestroom in Chapter 1?
(a) Deck's mother.
(b) College students.
(c) Different groups of strangers.
(d) Sandy's mother.

5. How does Sandy know the Harvard professor?
(a) She is the professor's student.
(b) She worked with the professor.
(c) She was the professor's neighbor.
(d) She is the professor's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older than Birdie is Cole?

2. How does Carmen treat Birdie after they meet in person?

3. What color does Sandy dye her hair at the end of Chapter 5?

4. Where do Deck and Cole plan to travel to?

5. How does Cole react to her father's comments about the interracial couple in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Birdie grieve over her Aunt Dot's move to India?

2. Describe Sandy's efforts to find a school for her daughters.

3. Why does Sandy request that the entire family move to Canada?

4. Why doesn't Sandy think that Birdie is really "passing" as white?

5. According to Sandy, what is a WASP?

6. Why does Birdie identify most closely with her black heritage?

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

8. How does Sandy finance her flight from the FBI?

9. Describe Birdie and Cole's relationship.

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

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