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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 Jim falsely claim to be at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Birdie's uncle.
(b) Birdie's father.
(c) Birdie's brother.
(d) Sandy's brother.

2. Who is Alexis?
(a) Birdie's best friend from Aurora.
(b) Nicholas' girlfriend.
(c) Birdie's first friend in New Hampshire.
(d) The Marsh's maid.

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

4. Why won't Sandy allow Birdie to contact Deck and Cole?
(a) She is afraid the FBI will capture them.
(b) Because she is afraid of Deck.
(c) Because she wants to hurt Deck.
(d) She knows that Deck does not want to see Birdie.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the taunting boys throw at Birdie in Chapter 12?

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

4. In Chapter 10, what school does Birdie imagine she is attending?

5. In Chapter 13, where do Jim, Sandy, Birdie, and Mona go on a vacation trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ronnie Parkman help Birdie find her father?

2. Describe Birdie's conversation with Samantha at Dennis' party.

3. How does Nicholas offend Birdie in Chapter 10?

4. Why won't Sandy allow Birdie to try and contact Deck and Cole in Brazil?

5. Who is Exu and why does Birdie pray to him?

6. Describe Birdie's trip to New York in Chapter 13.

7. Why does Jim scold Birdie for lying?

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

9. Why does Birdie feel betrayed by Sandy in Chapter 13?

10. Describe Samantha.

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