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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument did Marie Johnson play?
(a) Violin.
(b) Trumpet.
(c) Flute.
(d) Cornet.

2. Who does a woman remember seeing when she heard Margaret tell her stories?
(a) A man wearing dirty jeans and a torn T-shirt.
(b) A man wearing an old button-down shirt and stained khakis.
(c) A man wearing coveralls.
(d) A man wearing ill-fitting fatigues.

3. What is the weather like when Bird and Sadie wait for the Duchess to return in Chapter 14?
(a) Sunny.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Cloudy.
(d) Windy.

4. Where did Margaret's parents come from?
(a) Kowloon.
(b) Victoria City.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Shanghai.

5. How old was Domi when her mother died?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

6. In Chapter 9, how many bottle caps has Margaret completed for her project?
(a) 50.
(b) 55.
(c) 60.
(d) 45.

7. How old was Bird when Margaret's poetry book, Our Missing Hearts, was published?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

8. In Chapter 14, what do Bird and Sadie snack on as they wait for someone to return?
(a) Dried cranberries, crackers, and roasted almonds.
(b) Bread, cheese, and peanut butter.
(c) Trail mix and cheese.
(d) Cracker, peanut butter, and cheese.

9. Where did Margaret take a bus when she left Cambridge?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Trenton.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Maine.

10. How long after classes were cancelled at the college did Margaret meet Domi?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 5 weeks.

11. In what library does Margaret learn of a re-placed child the libraries are hiding?
(a) Astoria.
(b) Williamsburgh.
(c) Mildwood.
(d) Bedford.

12. What is the reception supposed to be on the tiny speakers in the bottle caps?
(a) 8 miles.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) Not quite 12 miles.
(d) Up to 10 miles.

13. In a story Margaret tells, where did a mother keep her child's baby teeth?
(a) Mint tin.
(b) Jewlery box.
(c) Velvet drawstring bag.
(d) Decorative cardboard box.

14. What does Sadie say it is called the one night a year when the crabs get confused and run up on the shore?
(a) Gala.
(b) Jubilee.
(c) Frolic.
(d) Jamboree.

15. What was Margaret's job during the Crisis?
(a) Taxi driver.
(b) Bicycle messenger.
(c) Writer.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, how many people does Bird imagine passing Margaret's stories from ear to ear?

2. In what city one morning did Margaret read that the main street was painted red?

3. How many pills for panic attacks do Bird and Sadie find in the cabin?

4. When Margaret moved in with Domi, how many of them squeezed into a two-bedroom apartment in Dumbo?

5. What is draped over Bird when he wakes at the end of Chapter 11?

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