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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. How does Cole react to her father's comments about the interracial couple in Chapter 3?
(a) She takes their picture.
(b) She chides him for being too sensitive.
(c) She cries.
(d) She ignores him.

2. Where in the encyclopedia is the snapshot placed?
(a) It marks the page that describes West African gods.
(b) It marks the page that describes Africa's geography.
(c) It marks the page that describes the three main racial categories.
(d) It marks the page that describes the culture of Brazil.

3. What decision does Deck make in Chapter 1 that radically alters Birdie and Cole's lives?
(a) The family will move to Brazil.
(b) The family will move to Canada.
(c) His daughters will go to boarding school.
(d) His daughters will no longer be home-schooled.

4. What strange items are placed in Sandy's basement in Chapter 4?
(a) Cardboard boxes full of paper.
(b) Plastic pipe and wooden boxes.
(c) Long black packages that resemble guns.
(d) Short brown packages that resemble books.

5. What group does Maria invite Birdie to be a part of?
(a) The cheerleading squad.
(b) The Chocolate Babies.
(c) The Brown Sugars.
(d) The Sweet Mamas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Cole and Birdie separated for a week in Chapter 4?

2. Why does Sandy want to stop running and settle down?

3. What make-up ritual do Sandy and Deck typically have after an argument?

4. What advice do both Sandy and Birdie's teacher give Birdie?

5. Which character does Cole stay with after the dinner in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Sandy Lee.

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

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

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

5. Describe Sandy and Birdie's new identities.

6. Why does Cole give Birdie Golliwog?

7. According to Sandy, what is a WASP?

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

9. Why does Sandy dye her hair copper?

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

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