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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. Where does Jim claim to have lived before?

2. What does Birdie trade her Grandma Lodge in exchange for the funds to travel to California?

3. Where does Sandy decide Birdie should go in Chapter 11?

4. In Chapter 11, why does Birdie call information in Boston?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Corvette.

3. Why does Jim scold Birdie for lying?

4. How does Birdie finance her trip to California?

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

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

7. Describe Samantha.

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

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

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

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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