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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. How old is a paper Bird finds at the cabin when he and Sadie are trying to building a fire?
(a) 13 years.
(b) Nearly 12 years.
(c) Almost 15 years.
(d) 11 years.

2. What was the name of the librarian who gave Marie Johnson Margaret's book?
(a) Mrs. Adelman.
(b) Mrs. Dexter.
(c) Mrs. Sinclair.
(d) Mrs. Kaskey.

3. When did Vaclav Havel write an essay that changed Ng's thinking about the impact a single individual could have in dismantling a long-established system?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1981.

4. How long after Margaret's mother called to tell her her father had been pushed down stairs at the park, did he die?
(a) 2 1/2 hours.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 5 hours.

5. What does Margaret have for her and Bird to eat for dessert in Chapter 9?
(a) Canned fruit cocktail.
(b) Canned peaches.
(c) Canned mandarin oranges.
(d) Canned pineapple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Margaret in college when things began to change: shops shuttered and people lost their jobs?

2. When was the Japanese folktale at the heart of the novel popularized in English?

3. How long before Margaret was born was a bomb put in her parents' mailbox?

4. What was Margaret's job during the Crisis?

5. In an old paper Bird and Sadie find, where had there been riots for six days?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Margaret lose track of time as she tells the stories of the missing children?

2. How has Margaret set up a room for Bird?

3. What do Bird and Sadie notice when they are left alone?

4. Where did Margaret find a place for Sadie to stay?

5. What was the catalyst that got PACT passed?

6. How did Marie's parents receive Margaret?

7. What rules does the Duchess have for Bird and Sadie when she leaves them at the cabin?

8. What happened when Family Services came to the Gardner's house?

9. How did Margaret's parents die?

10. How does Sadie know how to start a fire?

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