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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. Who is Alexis?
(a) The Marsh's maid.
(b) Birdie's first friend in New Hampshire.
(c) Nicholas' girlfriend.
(d) Birdie's best friend from Aurora.

2. What does Birdie decide to do at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Move in with Nicholas.
(b) Color her hair.
(c) Leave Sandy and try to find Deck and Cole.
(d) Move in with Mona.

3. What does Birdie trade her Grandma Lodge in exchange for the funds to travel to California?
(a) Sandy's cell phone number.
(b) A postcard from Deck.
(c) A fictitious address for Sandy.
(d) A postcard from Sandy.

4. Which character offers Birdie a ride home from town in Chapter 9?
(a) Walter Marsh.
(b) Nicholas Marsh.
(c) Aurora.
(d) Libby Marsh.

5. Why do Birdie and Nicholas become such close friends?
(a) Both have unhappy home lives.
(b) Neither one of them really "fit-in".
(c) They both love horses.
(d) They are both biracial.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ali's father know Deck?

2. What type of career does Birdie claim her fictitious Grandfather Goldman held?

3. Where do Jim, Sandy, Birdie, and Mona get lost when returning from vacation?

4. What do the taunting boys throw at Birdie in Chapter 12?

5. What does Birdie tell the children at the beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Birdie finance her trip to California?

2. How does Nicholas offend Birdie in Chapter 10?

3. Why does Birdie feel betrayed by Sandy in Chapter 13?

4. Describe Birdie's trip to New York in Chapter 13.

5. Why is Birdie taunted by a group of boys in Chapter 12?

6. Who is Jim?

7. Describe Samantha.

8. How does Birdie attempt to find her father and Cole in Chapter 16?

9. Describe Corvette.

10. What does Birdie do after Dennis' party?

(see the answer keys)

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