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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Didi tell the person threatening Sexton to do?
(a) Go away.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Explain things to him.
(d) Leave him alone.

2. Who do the girls bring to Hettie at the beginning of the book?
(a) A swan.
(b) A dove.
(c) A sparrow.
(d) A pigeon.

3. What is Sexton's last name?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Furnival.
(c) Feller.
(d) Fenton.

4. What is wrong with Billy?
(a) He is deaf.
(b) He has no hair.
(c) He is anemic.
(d) He is in a wheelchair.

5. What color is the bird delivered to Hettie?
(a) Brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Billy communicate?

2. What does Did offer to do for Sexton when they first meet?

3. Who threatens Sexton when he leaves Didi's place?

4. What does Sexton suggest Didi do when she tells him how old she is?

5. What is Sexton writing about at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Didi say about her family when Sexton comments on a picture of them?

2. How does Sexton meet Didi?

3. What does Sexton say his mother is clueless about?

4. What does Didi tell Sexton she is?

5. What do the girls think Hettie is going to do with the bird they bring her?

6. Why does Sexton want to kill himself?

7. What brings Didi great joy when she gets to her apartment?

8. Why do the girls get angry with Hettie?

9. What does Sexton do when Hettie speaks to him on the street?

10. What does Hettie use the bird for?

(see the answer keys)

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