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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 Domi do with the book of Margaret's poems she bought?

2. How many weeks did Margaret, Domi, and the other roommates lives on groceries the security guard roommate bought with a laptop he stole?

3. Where did Ethan go to college?

4. When a Chines American man who was punched in DC was discovered to have an outstanding speeding ticket, how long was he jailed?

5. Where was Marie Johnson from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Margaret's project, and how does it work?

2. How did Margaret's book become associated with the anti-PACT movement?

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

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

5. How did Margaret meet Sadie, and what did she learn?

6. Who warned the Gardners that Family Services was investigating them?

7. What jobs did Domi and Margaret get during the Crisis?

8. What does Bird notice in the living room of the house where his mom is living?

9. What does Sadie remember about catching crabs?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of Our Missing Hearts? Why is it not realistic fiction?

Essay Topic 2

As the Crisis dragged on, people looked for someone to blame. How and why did the Crisis lead to PACT?

Essay Topic 3

Margaret's parents had to struggle to survive when they immigrated to the U.S., even though the Crisis was decades away. When the Crisis came, survival became difficult, especially for anyone of Asian descent. Discuss how and why Margaret’s parents and then Margaret had to learn to survive.

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