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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which character does Dot call at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) Redbone.
(b) Sandy.
(c) Grandma Logan.
(d) Deck.
2. Where does Sandy decide Birdie should go in Chapter 11?
(a) To New York.
(b) To Brazil.
(c) To Boston.
(d) To school.
3. Why doesn't Birdie tell her Aunt Dot where Sandy is living?
(a) She is afraid Aunt Dot will contact Sandy.
(b) Sandy is still afraid of Deck.
(c) She is concerned Aunt Dot might be working with the feds.
(d) She does not want to tell Aunt Dot about Jim.
4. Who is Samantha?
(a) The only dark-skinned biracial girl at school.
(b) Nicholas' new girlfriend.
(c) The leader of Birdie's new group of friends.
(d) The Marsh's new maid.
5. What type of career does Sandy claim Grandfather Goldman held?
(a) A high school history teacher.
(b) A newspaper editor.
(c) A businessman.
(d) A lawyer.
6. What object of Samantha's is in Birdie's special box?
(a) Samantha's necklace.
(b) One of Samantha's hairs.
(c) A photograph of Birdie and Samantha at the beach.
(d) A postcard from Boston.
7. Where does Sandy meet Jim?
(a) In the barn.
(b) In the Marsh's garden.
(c) In a bar.
(d) In a grocery store.
8. What does Birdie do that sparks a racial confrontation in Chapter 13?
(a) She sticks her tongue out at a black boy.
(b) She stares at a Puerto Rican boy.
(c) She waves at a black boy.
(d) She talks to a Puerto Rican boy through the car window.
9. According to Ronnie Parkman, how long do Deck and Cole stay in Brazil?
(a) Two years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six months.
10. In Chapter 10, why type of report does Birdie imagine she is doing research for?
(a) A report on FBI spy techniques.
(b) A school report on white people.
(c) An article for Ebony magazine.
(d) A newspaper article on white people.
11. What is the name of Birdie's fictitious father?
(a) David Bloomington.
(b) Bernie Bloomington.
(c) Bernie Goldman.
(d) David Goldman.
12. Where does Jim claim to have lived before?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) New York.
(c) Canada.
(d) Brazil.
13. What do the taunting boys throw at Birdie in Chapter 12?
(a) Food.
(b) Quarters.
(c) Pennies.
(d) Rocks.
14. What does Birdie tell the children at the beach?
(a) Fairies live behind the sand dunes.
(b) The sand is full of diamonds.
(c) That she is a college student from Berkeley.
(d) That she is a princess from Tanzania.
15. In the beginning of Chapter 17, which character does Birdie meet in the park?
(a) Jim.
(b) Ali.
(c) Deck.
(d) Sandy.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old is Nicholas in Chapter 10?
2. In Chapter 13, where do Jim, Sandy, Birdie, and Mona go on a vacation trip?
3. How does Ali's father know Deck?
4. Why does Sandy drop a jar of jam in the store?
5. What excuse does Birdie give Ali for being away for so many years?
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