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

2. Why does Deck leave Brazil?
(a) He encountered more racism there than in the United States.
(b) Cole was unhappy living in Brazil.
(c) He was offered a teaching position at Berkeley.
(d) He could not make any money selling his book.

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

4. Who is Samantha?
(a) The Marsh's new maid.
(b) The leader of Birdie's new group of friends.
(c) The only dark-skinned biracial girl at school.
(d) Nicholas' new girlfriend.

5. In Chapter 11, why does Birdie call information in Boston?
(a) To find Aunt Dot's phone number.
(b) To locate a private investigator.
(c) To locate the Boston Police Department.
(d) To find her father's phone number.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is waiting for Birdie in front of Dot's apartment at the end of Chapter 16?

2. What sad realization does Birdie come to at the end of Chapter 13?

3. In Chapter 9, why do the girls in town tease Birdie?

4. What type of career does Sandy claim Grandfather Goldman held?

5. What does Birdie find in Aunt Dot's living room?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Birdie imagine she is doing a school report for her old Nkrumah school?

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

5. Describe Samantha.

6. What does Birdie do after Dennis' party?

7. Who is Jim?

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

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

10. Why does Jim scold Birdie for lying?

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