Caucasia Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Caucasia Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ali lie about his father?

2. Which character does Dot call at the beginning of Chapter 16?

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

4. Who is Samantha?

5. Why is Birdie suspicious of Jim?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Birdie imagine she is doing a school report for her old Nkrumah school?

2. Who is Jim?

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

4. How does Birdie endanger her and Sandy's cover story?

5. Why do the girls in New Hampshire make fun of Birdie in Chapter 9?

6. What mementos does Birdie find stashed in her mother's room?

7. How is the class difference between Birdie and Nicholas demonstrated in the novel?

8. Describe Corvette.

9. What reaction does Birdie expect her mother to have about her absence?

10. How does Ronnie Parkman help Birdie find her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the value placed on skin color in the novel? How does skin color relate to racial perceptions and attitudes? How does the attitude prevalent towards skin color in the novel affect the education, social acceptance, and emotional well-being of the characters in the novel? How might perceptions about skin color affect Birdie's future children? Cole's future children?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Birdie and Samantha's characters. What compromises have both characters made and how do those compromises affect their development? What could have motivated Birdie to ignore rather than befriend Samantha? What could have motivated Samantha to remain silent about her knowledge of Birdie's racial heritage? What does Birdie desperately want Samantha to do, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of Mr. Golliwog. What does he symbolize to Sandy? What does he symbolize to Grandma Logan? What does he symbolize to Cole and Birdie? How does Deck's renaming of the doll affect the reader's view of its purpose?

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