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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. Why does Deck leave Brazil?

2. In Chapter 10, what school does Birdie imagine she is attending?

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

4. Why is Nicholas expelled from his private school?

5. Who is Samantha?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nicholas offend Birdie in Chapter 10?

2. Who is Jim?

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

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

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

6. Describe Samantha.

7. Why does Birdie feel betrayed by Sandy in Chapter 13?

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

9. Why does Jim scold Birdie for lying?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

What is the value placed on skin color in the novel? How does skin color relate to racial perceptions and attitudes? How does the attitude prevalent towards skin color in the novel affect the education, social acceptance, and emotional well-being of the characters in the novel? How might perceptions about skin color affect Birdie's future children? Cole's future children?

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