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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. In Chapter 10, why type of report does Birdie imagine she is doing research for?
(a) A report on FBI spy techniques.
(b) A school report on white people.
(c) A newspaper article on white people.
(d) An article for Ebony magazine.

2. While at a party, which character does Birdie meet in the woods?
(a) Mona.
(b) Jim.
(c) Samantha.
(d) Nicholas.

3. What does Birdie tell the children at the beach?
(a) That she is a college student from Berkeley.
(b) Fairies live behind the sand dunes.
(c) The sand is full of diamonds.
(d) That she is a princess from Tanzania.

4. What does Nicholas claim to have done in Amsterdam?
(a) Drank beer.
(b) Sleep with a prostitute.
(c) Seen a transvestite.
(d) Stolen a bicycle.

5. Who hosts the party that Mona and Birdie attend in Chapter 14?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Mona's mother, Sheila.
(c) Mona's half-brother, Dennis.
(d) Walter and Libby Marsh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Birdie tell the police officer about her relationship with Sandy?

2. What does Jim scold Birdie for in Chapter 9?

3. What does Birdie look at while she wanders the streets of town in Chapter 9?

4. What object of Samantha's is in Birdie's special box?

5. Where does Jim claim to have lived before?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Birdie taunted by a group of boys in Chapter 12?

2. What does Birdie do after Dennis' party?

3. How does Birdie finance her trip to California?

4. Why do the girls in New Hampshire make fun of Birdie in Chapter 9?

5. What happens to Birdie and Sandy's relationship after Birdie moves to Boston?

6. How does Birdie endanger her and Sandy's cover story?

7. What reaction does Birdie expect her mother to have about her absence?

8. What mementos does Birdie find stashed in her mother's room?

9. Who is Jim?

10. How is the class difference between Birdie and Nicholas demonstrated in the novel?

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