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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 The Color of Underneath.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character does Cole stay with after the dinner in Chapter 5?
(a) Deck.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Redbone.
(d) Grandma Logan.

2. What make-up ritual do Sandy and Deck typically have after an argument?
(a) Pizza, screwdrivers, and Nat King Cole.
(b) Gin and tonic and a game of cards.
(c) A bottle of red wine, a carton of noodles, and Al Green music.
(d) Slow dancing to Barry White, a bottle of vodka, and chips.

3. Who is Sandy Lee?
(a) A white intellectual mother and writer.
(b) A white mother and lawyer.
(c) A white Brahmin mother and political activist.
(d) A black Harvard professor.

4. Why is Sandy angry at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Because Birdie did not come home until morning.
(b) Because Birdie was with a white boy.
(c) Because Mr. Marsh accused Birdie of stealing his yellow roses.
(d) Because she thought the feds had captured Birdie.

5. What does Sandy do with the girls on the day she keeps them out of school in Chapter 3?
(a) They go to Concord and visit sites of literary significance.
(b) They drive to New York and see a Broadway show.
(c) They visit their Grandma Logan.
(d) They eat pizza and watch old movies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sandy believe she is about to be arrested?

2. Where do Sandy and Birdie stay while in upstate New York?

3. How does Sandy know the Harvard professor?

4. How does Deck know the Harvard professor?

5. Where does Birdie find a pamphlet on Brazil?

(see the answer key)

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