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

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

3. In Chapter 10, what time does Margaret ask Domi to pick up Bird?
(a) 9:30 a.m.
(b) 8:30 a.m.
(c) 10 a.m.
(d) 9 a.m.

4. When was the Japanese folktale at the heart of the novel popularized in English?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1903.

5. In an old paper Bird and Sadie find, where had there been riots for six days?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Washington, DC.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long into the Crisis did a man try to assassinate a senator from Texas?

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

4. What does Sadie say it is called the one night a year when the crabs get confused and run up on the shore?

5. When was Vincent Chin murdered?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the inspiration for Margaret's poem Our Missing Hearts?

2. How does Sadie know how to start a fire?

3. Where did Margaret find a place for Sadie to stay?

4. What do Bird and Sadie notice when they are left alone?

5. What do Sadie and Bird do when they go down to the water at the cabin?

6. What happened when Family Services came to the Gardner's house?

7. What is the cabin like?

8. Where was the first place Margaret went after she left Bird and Ethan and why?

9. Why and how did Margaret's parents try to blend in in their neighborhood in their little Rust Belt town?

10. What rules does the Duchess have for Bird and Sadie when she leaves them at the cabin?

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