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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. What did Bird's father use to teach?

2. When is the last time the public librarian remembers that she saw Bird at the library with his mother?

3. What color overcoat does Ethan wear?

4. What flowers grow in a small strip of grass in front of Bird's old house?

5. When did Bird meet Sadie?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bird get to his mother?

3. How does Bird get into his old house?

4. In the first chapter, what things have been happening that are aimed at PACT?

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

6. What changed for Bird after his mother left?

7. What game does Bird remember playing with his mother before he went to school?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of Our Missing Hearts? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows Bird and then Margaret influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having the narrator follow different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Margaret's last story addresses Bird and communicates truths she wants to share with him. What does she want to share with him? What is revealed about the power of words and stories in Our Missing Hearts?

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