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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 36 - 47).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Marlee's family so pleased about that happened on Marlee's first day of school?
(a) Marlee aced a test.
(b) Marlee won a race.
(c) Marlee was asked out by a boy she likes.
(d) Marlee said two sentences, far more than she usually says in school.

2. What is the name of the Negro movie theater where Marlee meets Liz?
(a) The Grand.
(b) The Gem.
(c) The Cineplex.
(d) The Uptown.

3. What historical event does Mrs. Terry tell Marlee about at the WEC meeting in Chapter 39?
(a) The assassination of President Kennedy.
(b) The murder of Emmett Till.
(c) The murder of Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) The last lynching in Little Rock that happened in 1927.

4. Where does JT tell Marlee Red has hidden the dynamite?
(a) Under his bed.
(b) In the trunk of Red's car.
(c) Back at the rock crusher.
(d) In a cave near their house.

5. What group does Ms. Winthrop introduce Marlee to?
(a) The NAACP.
(b) The WEC.
(c) CROSS.
(d) The National Organization for Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marlee routinely do to try to calm herself when she is anxious?

2. Who does Marlee's mother tell her she is named after?

3. What does Judy do when Marlee cuts her finger?

4. How does Marlee feel about the prospect of flying?

5. How does Betty Jean figure out that Marlee is secretly seeing Liz?

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