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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 Birdie tell the police officer about her relationship with Sandy?

2. Who hosts the party that Mona and Birdie attend in Chapter 14?

3. How does Nicholas offend Birdie at the end of Chapter 10?

4. What is the name of Birdie's fictitious father?

5. While at a party, which character does Birdie meet in the woods?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Birdie do after Dennis' party?

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

3. Describe Corvette.

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

5. Why does Jim scold Birdie for lying?

6. Who is Jim?

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

8. Why is Birdie taunted by a group of boys in Chapter 12?

9. How does Birdie attempt to find her father and Cole in Chapter 16?

10. How does Birdie finance her trip to California?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Discuss Birdie's comment that she must kill Jesse in order to set herself free. What does Jesse represent to Birdie? What motivates Birdie to eliminate Jesse? How will losing Jesse affect Birdie's relationships with her friends in New Hampshire? What might it foreshadow for her future?

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