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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't Birdie and Cole attend the first day of public school?
(a) The bus can't get through due to riotous demonstrations.
(b) They are both sick with the flu.
(c) Boston is covered in snow.
(d) Sandy refuses to let the girls go to school.

2. Where do Sandy and Birdie live for four years after they leave their home?
(a) In New Hampshire.
(b) In motels and communes.
(c) Near Woodstock.
(d) In Aurora, New York.

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

4. When do Sandy and Deck meet?
(a) January of 1963.
(b) January of 1983.
(c) January of 1973.
(d) January of 1953.

5. Which horse does Birdie ride in Chapter 8?
(a) Coal.
(b) Mr. Pleasure.
(c) Marsh.
(d) Nicholas.

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

7. What does Birdie think that Sandy needs to buy in Chapter 8?
(a) A new outfit.
(b) A new car.
(c) A new house.
(d) More food.

8. Why does Sandy believe she is about to be arrested?
(a) Because she has been involved in a "revolutionary" women's rights cause.
(b) Because she left unpaid speeding tickets in Boston.
(c) Because she has been involved in a "revolutionary" racial equality cause.
(d) Because she is a feminist and a lesbian.

9. Why doesn't Nicholas want Birdie outside alone at night?
(a) Because she is a girl.
(b) Because they live in a dangerous neighborhood.
(c) Because a murderer escaped from a nearby prison.
(d) Because she could easily get lost in the deep woods.

10. Where do Cole and her father run to?
(a) Africa.
(b) Mexico.
(c) California.
(d) Brazil.

11. Where does Birdie find the Egyptian necklace?
(a) In her bag of Africana.
(b) In her box of negrobilia.
(c) In her mother's jewelry box.
(d) In her box of Africanabilia.

12. Which character does Walter Marsh remind Birdie of?
(a) Deck.
(b) Redbone.
(c) Randall.
(d) Grandpa Logan.

13. What name does Sandy assume in Chapter 6?
(a) Jamie Goldman.
(b) Sheila Goldman.
(c) Sheila Bloomington.
(d) Jesse Goldman.

14. What types of food are Sandy and Birdie used to eating?
(a) Soups and salads.
(b) Vegetarian meals.
(c) Chicken and white rice.
(d) Beans and rice.

15. 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 she thought the feds had captured Birdie.
(d) Because Mr. Marsh accused Birdie of stealing his yellow roses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does Sandy dye her hair at the end of Chapter 5?

2. Why doesn't Sandy believe she is making Birdie "pass"?

3. Which character does Birdie compare Sandy to in Chapter 6?

4. Where does Birdie find a pamphlet on Brazil?

5. Why do Cole and her father leave America?

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