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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. What does Birdie think that Sandy needs to buy in Chapter 8?
(a) A new car.
(b) A new outfit.
(c) A new house.
(d) More food.

2. Where do Birdie and Cole sleep?
(a) In separate rooms.
(b) Together in the attic bedroom.
(c) Together in the basement bedroom.
(d) Together on the pull-out couch.

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

4. What does Birdie miss listening to in Chapter 8?
(a) Black music like Barry White.
(b) Billie Holiday and the Blues.
(c) The sounds of the city.
(d) Her sister's voice.

5. Who is Deck Lee?
(a) A white intellectual father and writer.
(b) A black Harvard professor.
(c) A black father and lawyer.
(d) A black intellectual father and writer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character does Walter Marsh remind Birdie of?

3. How does Carmen treat Cole?

4. Why doesn't Nicholas want Birdie outside alone at night?

5. How does Sandy change physically once she goes "on the run"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does a white couple call the police on Deck when he and Birdie are alone together in the park?

7. Describe Birdie and Cole's relationship.

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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