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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. Why doesn't Sandy believe she is making Birdie "pass"?
(a) Because they have no other choice.
(b) Because she knows what race Birdie really is.
(c) Because Birdie is more white than black anyway.
(d) Because she thinks Jewish people aren't really white.

2. Why doesn't Sandy want Birdie to attend Deck's preferred school?
(a) Birdie is too shy to attend public school.
(b) Birdie looks like a Sicilian.
(c) Sandy fears for Birdie's safety.
(d) Birdie is too young to live away from home.

3. In Chapter 5, where does Sandy suggest the family go?
(a) To Brazil.
(b) To California.
(c) To Mexico.
(d) To Canada.

4. Why does Sandy believe she is about to be arrested?
(a) Because she left unpaid speeding tickets in Boston.
(b) Because she has been involved in a "revolutionary" women's rights cause.
(c) Because she is a feminist and a lesbian.
(d) Because she has been involved in a "revolutionary" racial equality cause.

5. What is the name of Birdie and Cole's secret language?
(a) Elopee.
(b) Sahara.
(c) Elemeno.
(d) Africana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What false identity does Sandy claim when speaking to Walter Marsh?

2. Where does Birdie find the Egyptian necklace?

3. Where does Birdie go to school in Chapter 7?

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

5. What type of paper is used to wrap Birdie's gift?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Cole give Birdie Golliwog?

3. Why do Deck and Sandy argue about their daughters' schooling?

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

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

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

7. How do Deck and Sandy meet?

8. What is in the present that Deck and Cole leave for Birdie?

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

10. Where do Sandy and Birdie live in the four years following Sandy's flight from the FBI?

(see the answer keys)

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