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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. How long after classes were cancelled at the college did Margaret meet Domi?
2. In Miami, what nationality was a man stabbed who was heading to his office after PACT was passed?
3. What does Sadie say it is called the one night a year when the crabs get confused and run up on the shore?
4. What is draped over Bird when he wakes at the end of Chapter 11?
5. Where does Margaret have a sleeping bag for Bird to sleep on?
Short Essay Questions
1. What rules does the Duchess have for Bird and Sadie when she leaves them at the cabin?
2. How did Margaret's book become associated with the anti-PACT movement?
3. How did Margaret find a place to live after the Crisis started and college classes were cancelled?
4. What happened when Family Services came to the Gardner's house?
5. How did Margaret meet Sadie, and what did she learn?
6. Why and how did Margaret's parents try to blend in in their neighborhood in their little Rust Belt town?
7. What did Margaret take with her when she left, and what did they agree about contacting one another?
8. What is Margaret's project, and how does it work?
9. How does Sadie know how to start a fire?
10. Where did Margaret find a place for Sadie to stay?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Bird has repressed many of the memories before his mother left. When and why do his memories begin to return?
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
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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