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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days after Margaret left, did Family Services arrive?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 3 days.

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

3. What was the name of the Russian poet whose biography Margaret read one night in a library?
(a) Anna Akhmatova.
(b) Anna Barkova.
(c) Irina Ratushinskaya.
(d) Rimma Kazakova.

4. What time does Margaret begin in Chapter 13?
(a) Noon.
(b) Sundown.
(c) 5 p.m.
(d) 2 p.m.

5. How long into the Crisis did a man try to assassinate a senator from Texas?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 5 years.

6. How old is a paper Bird finds at the cabin when he and Sadie are trying to building a fire?
(a) Nearly 12 years.
(b) Almost 15 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) 13 years.

7. Years later where will a woman be who heard Margaret tell her stories with her daughter and remember that time?
(a) Museum of Science and Industry.
(b) Natural History Museum.
(c) American Museum of Natural History.
(d) Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

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

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

10. In Chapter 9 when Margaret lived with in an apartment with Domi and others, how many stories was a building one of their roommates patrolled as a security guard?
(a) 78 floors.
(b) 90 floors.
(c) 85 floors.
(d) 81 floors.

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

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

13. How many bottle caps does Margaret believe she has planted?
(a) 3,009.
(b) 2,176.
(c) 2,011.
(d) 1,984.

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

15. How old does Mr. Johnson think Marie was when he came home from work and he found her laughing and laughing?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11 after Margaret comforts Bird after a bad dream, where does he wake?

2. When was the Japanese folktale at the heart of the novel popularized in English?

3. When Sadie and Bird see crabs at the cabin, how does Sadie say you can catch them?

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

5. In an article Margaret read in the paper when Bird napped one day, where did Margaret notice that Domi made a donation?

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