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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marlee's mother say when she finds out about what happened with Liz?
(a) She assumes Marlee is upset that Liz lied to her.
(b) She says it is OK that Liz did what she did.
(c) She says Marlee was wrong to make friends with Liz.
(d) She says Marlee should never have spoken up in class for her presentation.

2. What does Mrs. McDaniels do when she meets Liz for the first time?
(a) Slaps her.
(b) Hugs her.
(c) Insults her.
(d) Stares intently at her.

3. What does Marlee's mother tell Marlee's father in Chapter 18 that makes him very angry?
(a) She has donated money to communist causes.
(b) She spent all their grocery money on new furniture.
(c) She is working for the pro-segregationists.
(d) She accepted a job at a private high school.

4. Which friend of Judy's does the family stop to see right after her parents tell her about their plan for her to be able to keep going to school?
(a) Margaret.
(b) JT.
(c) Sally.
(d) Nora.

5. Where do Liz and Marlee decide to meet to work on their project after their first meeting in the library?
(a) The zoo.
(b) The football field.
(c) Marlee's house.
(d) The rock crusher.

6. What does Judy tell Marlee about how she is doing in Pine Bluff in her letters to Marlee?
(a) She says she loves it there.
(b) She says she made the basketball team.
(c) She says she has tons of new friends.
(d) She says she hates it there.

7. What do Liz and Marlee decide to do their project on?
(a) The Quapaw Indians.
(b) The Cherokee Indians.
(c) The first mayor of Little Rock.
(d) The history of school integration movements.

8. What does Judy ask Marlee's mother in Chapter 7 that upsets Marlee very much?
(a) To move into David's old room and out the bedroom the two sisters have always shared.
(b) To be able to drink alcohol at a special party.
(c) To be allowed to wear all of Marlee's clothes.
(d) To borrow their mother's car.

9. Who does Marlee share a bedroom with in the beginning of the book?
(a) Nora.
(b) Sally.
(c) Judy.
(d) Liz.

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

11. What drink does Marlee associate her mother with?
(a) Hot black tea so strong she is almost coffee.
(b) Mountain Dew.
(c) Warm milk.
(d) Coke.

12. Where do Marlee and Liz meet after they realize the zoo is too public?
(a) The corner store.
(b) Marlee's house.
(c) The football field.
(d) The rock crusher.

13. What animals do both Liz and Marlee like to listen to at the zoo?
(a) The parrots.
(b) The monkeys.
(c) The hyenas.
(d) The lions.

14. What is Liz's little brother's name?
(a) Little Jimmy.
(b) Frankie.
(c) John.
(d) Tommy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marlee's favorite subject?

2. What is the name Liz uses when she telephones Marlee?

3. What does Liz tell Marlee about Liz's own mother?

4. Why does Marlee decide to stay in Mr. Harding's room at lunchtime?

5. What drink does Marlee associate her brother David with?

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