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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Marlee at the end of Chapter 47?
(a) She falls into the trunk of Red's car and gets trapped there.
(b) Red yells at her and threatens her.
(c) Red beats her up badly.
(d) Red cuts her hair off.

2. What does Judy tell Marlee on Thanksgiving Day that she is very excited about?
(a) Judy tells Marlee she has a boyfriend.
(b) Judy tells Marlee she made the cheerleading team.
(c) Judy tells Marlee she is going to the prom.
(d) Judy tells Marlee she got her first job.

3. What does Marlee tell Mr. Harding about working on math in the new year in Chapter 33?
(a) She says she wants to try Geometry.
(b) She says she wants to get another math tutor to help her.
(c) She says she would like to do extra math every other day.
(d) She says she wants to try Calculus.

4. What kinds of letters does Marlee discover are being sent to the WEC when she opens mail at a meeting?
(a) Awards letters.
(b) Love letters.
(c) Threatening letters.
(d) Invitations to parties.

5. What does Betty Jean tell Marlee about her work with the WEC in Chapter 29?
(a) To keep up her work with the group.
(b) That the work is not doing any good.
(c) That the group is racist.
(d) To leave the group.

6. What does Mrs. Dalton ask of Marlee before she leaves her first WEC meeting?
(a) Not to tell JT she saw her there.
(b) To give a message to Liz for her.
(c) Not to tell her mother she saw her there.
(d) Not to tell Sally she saw her there.

7. What kind of party does Sally have?
(a) A hiking party.
(b) A roller-skating party.
(c) A sailing party.
(d) A nail-painting party.

8. Who is the first person Marlee sees at the zoo in Chapter 47 whom she recognizes?
(a) Nora.
(b) Judy.
(c) David.
(d) Red.

9. What does Marlee ask Liz to do with her in Chapter 36 that Liz does not want to try?
(a) Catch crawdads.
(b) Paint.
(c) Sing.
(d) Dance.

10. Who picks up Marlee from Sally's party?
(a) David.
(b) Her father.
(c) Judy.
(d) Her mother.

11. What does Marlee's father buy her granny for Christmas?
(a) A croquet set.
(b) A new oven.
(c) A new set of lawn furniture.
(d) A television.

12. What is one of Marlee's fears that prevents her from feeling comfortable doing the thing Liz asks her to try for the first time in Chapter 36?
(a) Small spaces.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Heights.
(d) Snakes.

13. Why is Mrs. Brewer against asking Negroes to join the WEC?
(a) Because it is illegal to ask Negroes to join a white group.
(b) Because she does not like Negroes.
(c) Because some of the members' husbands are in the KKK and they would not stand for it.
(d) Because she and other members think the group would fall apart because members would leave.

14. What does Marlee tell Liz she will be doing at the Christmas parade?
(a) Giving a speech.
(b) Dancing with her dance class.
(c) Singing a song.
(d) Riding on her church's float.

15. How does Marlee feel about the prospect of flying?
(a) She is terrified.
(b) She does not care either way.
(c) She is very excited.
(d) She is angry she has to fly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Betty Jean's and Marlee's relationship change after Marlee goes out of her way to help Betty Jean's son Curtis?

2. Why do JT and Red fail to see Liz when they follow Marlee to the rock crusher, where she is meeting Liz?

3. Why does Marlee decide not to tell her father about receiving threatening phone calls related to her WEC work?

4. What is the second thing Marlee suggests might help Liz stay quiet in tense situations?

5. What is Judy's boyfriend's name?

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