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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Bird's teacher who warned the Garners that she had been summoned to speak with Family Services?
(a) Ms. Hernandez.
(b) Ms. Aguilar.
(c) Ms. Cuevas.
(d) Ms. Dominguez.

2. How old does Mr. Johnson think Marie was when he came home from work and he found her laughing and laughing?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

3. What time does Margaret begin in Chapter 13?
(a) Noon.
(b) Sundown.
(c) 5 p.m.
(d) 2 p.m.

4. How long after Bird's ninth birthday did Marie Johnson die?
(a) 1 1/2 weeks.
(b) 2 1/2 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 3 weeks.

5. How long was the restaurant open that Margaret worked at in New York when she was college student?
(a) 39 years.
(b) 45 years.
(c) 52 years.
(d) 64 years.

6. How long into the Crisis did a man try to assassinate a senator from Texas?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

7. What image was on the front of Margaret's poetry book, Our Missing Hearts?
(a) Mango.
(b) Flower.
(c) Heart.
(d) Pomegranate.

8. When was the Japanese folktale at the heart of the novel popularized in English?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1903.

9. In the Author's Note, where does Ng mention a boarding school for Indigenous chldren?
(a) Cambridge, MA.
(b) Anadarko, OK.
(c) Phoenix, AZ.
(d) Carlisle, PA.

10. How long before Margaret was born was a bomb put in her parents' mailbox?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 5 months.

11. Where did Margaret take a bus when she left Cambridge?
(a) Maine.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Trenton.

12. How old was a possible ancestor Marie Johnson found who was sold to a Mr. Johnson in Albemarle County, Virginia?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

13. What instrument did Marie Johnson play?
(a) Flute.
(b) Violin.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Cornet.

14. Where was Margaret when she got the idea of what do do with all the stories she collected?
(a) L.A.
(b) Denver.
(c) Indianapolis.
(d) Minneapolis.

15. In a story Margaret tells, where did a mother keep her child's baby teeth?
(a) Jewlery box.
(b) Mint tin.
(c) Velvet drawstring bag.
(d) Decorative cardboard box.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is draped over Bird when he wakes at the end of Chapter 11?

2. When Margaret found Domi after she left Ethan and Bird, what color were the doors on Domi's townhouse?

3. After calling himself and Bird in sick when Bird was missing, what day did Ethan go back to work because he ran out of sick days?

4. What college was Marie Johnson attending?

5. What did Domi do with the book of Margaret's poems she bought?

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