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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. What did Sadie do to Bird when they had an argument in the cafeteria about PACT?

2. What flowers grow in a small strip of grass in front of Bird's old house?

3. Wherre is Sadie from?

4. What race is Bird's mother?

5. In Chapter 2, what does Bird see in the trees on his way home from school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Last May, why did Sadie want to run away, and what was Bird's response?

2. What changed for Bird after his mother left?

3. In the story about the boy who loved to draw cats, how does drawing cats save the boy?

4. Why was Sadie removed from her parents and sent to a foster family?

5. How did Sadie describe the library, and what does Bird think about her description when he goes to the library?

6. What did Ethan's father to do to satisfy the FBI's request in Chapter 4, and how long did it take?

7. What does the public librarian tell Bird about how she recognized him?

8. What video did Sadie have on her phone that she watched over and over again?

9. What does Bird study by flashlight in Chapter 1 after his father goes to sleep?

10. What does Ethan tell Bird could have been the consequences of Bird going to the library?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Margaret has to leave home after her poem becomes a slogan. In what way does Margaret have to go into exile? How does she find purpose in her exile?

Essay Topic 2

Margaret's last story addresses Bird and communicates truths she wants to share with him. What does she want to share with him? What is revealed about the power of words and stories in Our Missing Hearts?

Essay Topic 3

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of Our Missing Hearts? Why is it not realistic fiction?

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