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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. Which character teases Birdie about giving the "black is beautiful" salute at school?
(a) Cole.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Ali.
(d) Deck.

2. Who is Birdie Lee?
(a) Deck and Sandy's light skinned youngest daughter.
(b) Deck and Sandy's dark skinned oldest daughter.
(c) Cole Lee's light skinned youngest daughter.
(d) Sandy's white daughter from her first marriage.

3. What does Sandy do with the girls on the day she keeps them out of school in Chapter 3?
(a) They go to Concord and visit sites of literary significance.
(b) They visit their Grandma Logan.
(c) They drive to New York and see a Broadway show.
(d) They eat pizza and watch old movies.

4. What happens at Danny His and Her?
(a) Birdie has her hair braided.
(b) Birdie has her hair permed.
(c) Cole has her hair straightened.
(d) Cole has her hair braided.

5. Which character does Birdie stay with after the dinner in Chapter 5?
(a) Deck.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Grandma Logan.
(d) Redbone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character confronts Birdie on the playground?

2. Why does Sandy want Birdie to change her racial identity?

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

4. Which character does Birdie compare Sandy to in Chapter 6?

5. Which offensive gift has Grandma Lodge given Cole in the past?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Sandy and Birdie's new identities.

4. Once Sandy decides to end her transient wanderings, where do she and Birdie settle down?

5. Why do Birdie and Cole have difficulty fitting into school society at Nkrumah?

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

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

8. What erratic behavior does Sandy begin to display after she and Deck separate?

9. According to Sandy, what is a WASP?

10. Describe Birdie's relationship with Carmen.

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