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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 does Jim falsely claim to be at the end of Chapter 9?

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

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

4. In Chapter 9, which character does Sandy blame for the break up of her family and her "persecution"?

5. What excuse does Birdie give Ali for being away for so many years?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Samantha.

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

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

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

6. Why does Jim scold Birdie for lying?

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

8. Describe Corvette.

9. Who is Jim?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of WASPs in the novel? How does Sandy identify a WASP? What ironies are evident in her description? How does Sandy's perceptions of WASPs affect both her and Birdie's characters?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the significance of Birdie's box of "negrobilia". What does the box originally contain and what types of items does Birdie add to it over the years? Why do Deck and Cole give Birdie the box? What is the significance of the negrobilia to Birdie?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of Mr. Golliwog. What does he symbolize to Sandy? What does he symbolize to Grandma Logan? What does he symbolize to Cole and Birdie? How does Deck's renaming of the doll affect the reader's view of its purpose?

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