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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 4, why did the FBI come to the library?
2. What are the only books Bird and his father have in their apartment?
3. When Sadie came, where did Bird start eating lunch at school?
4. After a disruption while Bird and his father are having dinner, where does Bird see the slogan "Bring Back Our Missing Hearts" when he and his father return to their apartment?
5. What type of clock does Bird see on the mantel in the foyer of the Duchess's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Bird and his father get pizza in Chapter 4?
2. What does Bird notice on his way home from school in the second chapter?
3. What does Ethan tell Bird could have been the consequences of Bird going to the library?
4. What does Bird find in his old closet and the cubby at the back?
5. In Chapter 4, why is Bird's father late coming home?
6. Why was Sadie removed from her parents and sent to a foster family?
7. What story does Bird's father tell the security guards when Bird is found in the stacks?
8. What happens in Chapter 2 when Bird tries to use the computer in science class?
9. What changed for Bird after his mother left?
10. In the story about the boy who loved to draw cats, how does drawing cats save the boy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A line from Margaret's poem is used in an anti-PACT protest. What are the consequences when the meaning of Margaret’s poem is changed and then twisted?
Essay Topic 2
Bird and his father's lives changed when Bird's mother left. Now they live lives where every day is the same. How would you describe the lives that Bird and Ethan lead? Why does Ethan use the word "Sisyphean" (11) to describe their days? How and why did their days become Sisyphean?
Essay Topic 3
Bird's name on his birth certificate is Noah after his father's father. However, he calls himself Bird. What do the names Bird and Noah relate about identity and who Bird is?
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