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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. What prevents Marlee's mother from starting her new job?
(a) A federal marshal comes to the house to tell her federal law forbids her from taking the new job.
(b) Marlee's mother is fired after the first day.
(c) Marlee's mother realizes she will not be paid as much at the new job and changes her mind.
(d) Marlee's father threatens to leave the family if she starts the new job.

2. What does Liz tell Marlee about Liz's own mother?
(a) She had to work as a bus driver.
(b) She loved English and should have been a writer.
(c) She had to work as a translator.
(d) She loved math and should have been a scientist.

3. Who is the boy who asks Marlee for help with his math homework?
(a) David.
(b) Little Jimmy.
(c) Ernest.
(d) JT Dalton.

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

5. What does Marlee's mother tell Marlee's father she is afraid that school integration will lead to?
(a) Disease.
(b) Violence in the schools.
(c) Crime.
(d) Race-mixing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Judy ask Marlee's mother in Chapter 7 that upsets Marlee very much?

2. What is the name of the Negro movie theater where Marlee meets Liz?

3. What deal does Liz make with Marlee about the presentation?

4. What is Marlee's family so pleased about that happened on Marlee's first day of school?

5. Who helps Marlee at the pool in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marlee assign a drink to each person in her life that represents that person's personality?

2. When Governor Faubus orders the schools in Little Rock to close, how do Marlee's parents react to the news?

3. What does Marlee's father tell her about his reasons for driving her to school every day?

4. What does Marlee discover her new math teacher, Mr. Harding, does differently than her previous math teacher on her first day of school?

5. How does Liz give Marlee her phone number so only Marlee will know what it is?

6. Why does Marlee decide to give Liz a chance and agree to work on a school history project with her instead of with her usual partner Sally?

7. What is Marlee's first impression of Liz when she meets her on the first day of school?

8. How does Marlee's father react when Marlee's mother tells him she has accepted a position to teach at a private school?

9. Why does Marlee's father refuse to let Judy go to a private school?

10. What does Marlee notice about the scientists she sees on T.V. who are involved in space exploration?

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