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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Sandy assume in Chapter 6?

2. Which character confronts Birdie on the playground?

3. Which character does Cole stay with after the dinner in Chapter 5?

4. Why is Birdie invited to be a part of Maria's group?

5. Why doesn't Sandy want Birdie to attend Deck's preferred school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mr. Golliwog?

2. According to Sandy, what is a WASP?

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

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

5. Why does Birdie identify most closely with her black heritage?

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

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

8. Describe Cole Lee.

9. Describe Sandy's encounter with Redbone in Chapter 4.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how Sandy convinces Birdie that the FBI and other characters are the antagonists in the novel. Describe how Sandy's role changes throughout the novel. What events or characters affect that change? What does this change foreshadow for Birdie's future?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Sandy's development of paranoia after she and Deck separate. How does Sandy's paranoia motivate her? What effect does it have on other characters and how do they react to Sandy? Is her paranoia genuine? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Birdie's inability to tell the truth. How does she develop the habit of lying and what effect does this habit have on her character? What event motivates Birdie to begin speaking the truth and what might this foreshadow for her character?

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