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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9 when Margaret returns, what do she and Bird have to eat?
(a) Soup.
(b) Cereal.
(c) Granola bars.
(d) Instant noodles.

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

3. In Chapter 14, what time do Sadie and Bird awake?
(a) Noon.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) 5 a.m.
(d) 6 a.m.

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

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

6. How many families who lost their children did Margaret talk to before she ran out of money?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

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

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

9. Where was the first place Sadie was moved after she was taken from her parents?
(a) Erie.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Boston.
(d) West Virginia.

10. When Margaret met Sadie, how long was Sadie on her own?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 4 months.

11. What college was Marie Johnson attending?
(a) Columbia.
(b) NYU.
(c) Stony Brook.
(d) Fordham.

12. When Margaret went to New York after finishing high school, what color streak did she put in her hair?
(a) Blue.
(b) Purple.
(c) Pink.
(d) Green.

13. What was the name of Bird's teacher who warned the Garners that she had been summoned to speak with Family Services?
(a) Ms. Cuevas.
(b) Ms. Aguilar.
(c) Ms. Dominguez.
(d) Ms. Hernandez.

14. How old was Margaret's father when someone pushed him down stairs at the park?
(a) 66.
(b) 65.
(c) 64.
(d) 63.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the weather like when Bird and Sadie wait for the Duchess to return in Chapter 14?

4. How long was the restaurant open that Margaret worked at in New York when she was college student?

5. How many days after Margaret left, did Family Services arrive?

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