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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why doesn't Deck want to leave with Sandy?
(a) He wants to stay and teach at Berkeley.
(b) He wants to stay with Carmen.
(c) He does not want to leave the United States.
(d) He is tired of listening to her political drivel.
2. What does Birdie do to try and fit in with the students at her private school?
(a) She wears lipstick and has her hair braided into small braids.
(b) She joins the cheerleading squad.
(c) She wears her hair in a thick braid and gets her ears pierced.
(d) She skips school and hangs out near the park.
3. What does Redbone show Birdie at her Aunt Dot's farewell party?
(a) Her grandfather's book.
(b) Guns.
(c) A photo of her parents.
(d) Articles about forced integration.
4. How much older than Birdie is Cole?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 5 years.
5. What make-up ritual do Sandy and Deck typically have after an argument?
(a) Gin and tonic and a game of cards.
(b) Pizza, screwdrivers, and Nat King Cole.
(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.
Short Answer Questions
1. How are Birdie and Cole similar?
2. Who is Bernadette?
3. What offensive name does Carmen begin calling Birdie?
4. What is the name of the book the Lodge family ancestor wrote?
5. Why does Sandy want to stop running and settle down?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Birdie schooled while she and Sandy are on the road?
2. Who is Mr. Golliwog?
3. Why does Sandy request that the entire family move to Canada?
4. Why does Sandy dye her hair copper?
5. According to Sandy, what is a WASP?
6. Describe Birdie's relationship with Carmen.
7. What is Deck's theory about ethnic restaurants?
8. Why is Sandy angry that Birdie went horseback riding at night?
9. Why does Cole give Birdie Golliwog?
10. What is in the present that Deck and Cole leave for Birdie?
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