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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. When Sadie came, where did Bird start eating lunch at school?

2. What was Bird doing when his mother said goodbye before she left?

3. What did Sadie use to deface patriotic posters?

4. What did the boy who loved to draw cats use to make his paints?

5. In Chapter 3, how many years ago was the book Bird is looking for been removed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bird get into the university library and the stacks of the library?

3. What changed for Bird after his mother left?

4. Where do Bird and his father live, and what does his father do for a living?

5. What story does Bird's father tell the security guards when Bird is found in the stacks?

6. What happens in Chapter 2 when Bird tries to use the computer in science class?

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

8. How did Sadie describe the library, and what does Bird think about her description when he goes to the library?

9. How did Sadie used to find time to visit the library?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Before Bird's mother's poem became a slogan, neighbors would often wave and say hello. Many of them would bring baked goods or borrow things. That all changed after Margaret her poem became a slogan and she left. How and why do the neighbors change?

Essay Topic 2

Margaret has to leave home after her poem becomes a slogan. In what way does Margaret have to go into exile? How does she find purpose in her exile?

Essay Topic 3

PACT encourages discrimination against Asians, especially Chinese. Why and how is Bird subjected to racism?

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