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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. 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?

2. Where does a search terminal indicate the book The Boy Who Drew Cats is located at the university library?

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

4. What is the only things Bird and has father have to eat in their cupboard in Chapter 4?

5. What did Sadie use to deface patriotic posters?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Bird and his father get pizza in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

7. What did Bird learn about the phrase, "Where Are Our Missing Hearts" (20) from Sadie?

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

9. What did Ethan's father to do to satisfy the FBI's request in Chapter 4, and how long did it take?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Margaret goes to see the Johnsons, she realizes how warily Black people and Asians regard one another. She has seen discrimination perpetrated by Asians on Black people and by Black people on Asians. How does Margaret realize that Asians and Black people experience racism and then perpetrate racism toward one another?

Essay Topic 2

Bird sets out to find his mother. As he sets out on his journey, he compares his search to the search of heroes in tales his mother used to tell. How does Ng structure Bird’s quest as a hero journey?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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