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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Author's Note, where does Ng mention a boarding school for Indigenous chldren?
(a) Cambridge, MA.
(b) Carlisle, PA.
(c) Phoenix, AZ.
(d) Anadarko, OK.

2. At first when Margaret and Domi worked as bike messengers, how much would they get paid for a delivery that took an hour?
(a) $2.
(b) $4.
(c) $3.
(d) $5.

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

4. What year was Margaret in college when things began to change: shops shuttered and people lost their jobs?
(a) Junior.
(b) Freshman.
(c) Sophomore.
(d) Senior.

5. When Margaret found Domi after she left Ethan and Bird, what color were the doors on Domi's townhouse?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

6. How old was Margaret when she and Ethan bought a house in Cambridge and he went to work at Harvard?
(a) 24.
(b) 26.
(c) 25.
(d) 27.

7. What was the name of the librarian who gave Marie Johnson Margaret's book?
(a) Mrs. Kaskey.
(b) Mrs. Dexter.
(c) Mrs. Sinclair.
(d) Mrs. Adelman.

8. After meeting Ethan at Domi's birthday party, how many blocks did Margaret walk to see him at his apartment?
(a) 54.
(b) 110.
(c) 120.
(d) 79.

9. What is draped over Bird when he wakes at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) His mother's coat.
(b) Tiger blanket.
(c) His coat.
(d) Sleeping bag.

10. What image was on the front of Margaret's poetry book, Our Missing Hearts?
(a) Pomegranate.
(b) Heart.
(c) Flower.
(d) Mango.

11. Where was Margaret when she got the idea of what do do with all the stories she collected?
(a) Indianapolis.
(b) Denver.
(c) L.A.
(d) Minneapolis.

12. In an article Margaret read in the paper when Bird napped one day, where did Margaret notice that Domi made a donation?
(a) American Museum of Natural History.
(b) Museum of Modern Art.
(c) Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(d) New York Public Library.

13. In Chapter 8, what time does Bird wake to find his mother watching him?
(a) 2 a.m.
(b) Almost dawn.
(c) 3 a.m.
(d) Just past midnight.

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) Frolic.
(b) Jubilee.
(c) Gala.
(d) Jamboree.

15. How many pills for panic attacks do Bird and Sadie find in the cabin?
(a) 2.
(b) 85.
(c) 100.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. What covers the windows in the living room of the house where Margaret is living?

2. How old was Domi when her mother died?

3. In Chapter 9 when Margaret returns, what do she and Bird have to eat?

4. After how many copies of Margaret's book sell, is her publisher told to cease publication and destroy any copies?

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

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