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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 was Bird doing when his mother said goodbye before she left?
(a) Playing in his sandbox.
(b) Playing with Legos.
(c) Reading.
(d) Playing a game.

2. In the first chapter, what is in the envelope Bird receives?
(a) Drawings of cats.
(b) Drawings of buildings.
(c) Drawings of dogs.
(d) Drawings of playgrounds.

3. Wherre is Sadie from?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Boston.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Trenton.

4. What necklace is the Duchess wearing when Bird meets her?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Pearls.
(c) Sapphires.
(d) Locket.

5. Where does Bird remember he would hide when he and his mother would reenact the story of The Boy Who Drew Cats?
(a) Crawl space under the house.
(b) Basement.
(c) Dumbwaiter.
(d) Crawl space in his closet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the family who purchased computers for every classroom and upgraded the school to high-speed internet?

2. What type of dog does a woman have that Bird thinks looks like his mother in Chapter 7?

3. In Chapter 4, why did the FBI come to the library?

4. What time does Ethan have a staff meeting in Chapter 7?

5. What do stories say about who taught the Chinese to domesticate their wildcats?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bird get to his mother?

2. What does Bird study by flashlight in Chapter 1 after his father goes to sleep?

3. What does Bird find in his old closet and the cubby at the back?

4. How did the neighbors act after Bird's mother left?

5. What does Ethan tell Bird could have been the consequences of Bird going to the library?

6. What does the public librarian tell Bird about how she recognized him?

7. In the story about the boy who loved to draw cats, how does drawing cats save the boy?

8. What does Bird notice on his way home from school in the second chapter?

9. What does the Duchess's place look like?

10. Who is at the library when Bird returns in Chapter 6 and why?

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