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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 the Lee family go to dinner in Chapter 5?
(a) All In The Family, a Soul Food restaurant.
(b) Akunan, a Japanese restaurant.
(c) Akiri, a Chinese restaurant.
(d) Aku-Aku, a Polynesian restaurant.

2. What fear does Sandy develop in Chapter 3?
(a) She fears Deck will leave her.
(b) She fears she is under police surveillance.
(c) She thinks that Birdie and Cole will get hurt at school.
(d) She is afraid of the students living upstairs.

3. In Chapter 8, why does Nicholas go outside his home one night?
(a) To hide from Mr. Marsh.
(b) To smoke.
(c) To replant the yellow rose bush.
(d) To investigate a noise.

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

5. When do Sandy and Deck meet?
(a) January of 1953.
(b) January of 1973.
(c) January of 1963.
(d) January of 1983.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sandy do with the girls on the day she keeps them out of school in Chapter 3?

2. Why does the school clerk want to assign Birdie and Cole to different public schools?

3. Where do Sandy and Birdie live for four years after they leave their home?

4. What does Birdie miss listening to in Chapter 8?

5. Where does Birdie find a pamphlet on Brazil?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens in Sandy's basement after she and Deck separate?

3. Why does Sandy dye her hair copper?

4. Why does Cole give Birdie Golliwog?

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

6. Describe Birdie's ride on Mr. Pleasure in Chapter 8.

7. Describe Sandy's encounter with Redbone in Chapter 4.

8. Why does Birdie have to change her name and racial identity?

9. According to Sandy, what is a WASP?

10. Describe Birdie's relationship with Carmen.

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