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

2. What does Mrs Dalton reveal to the WEC members about her husband at the WEC meeting in Chapter 39?
(a) She is worried her sons will join the KKK because of her husband's influence.
(b) She has joined the KKK with her husband.
(c) She is quitting the group because she is afraid of her husband.
(d) She found white KKK robes in her husband's closet.

3. What does Marlee tell JT about doing his math homework in Chapter 33?
(a) She says she will tell the teacher he has been cheating.
(b) She says she will not do it any more.
(c) She says he needs to start paying her.
(d) She says she will make sure to get more answers right.

4. What does Marlee discover Act 10 is all about?
(a) Act 10 requires state employees to take an oath of silence on political issues.
(b) Act 10 requires state employees to sign a contract forbidding them from supporting integration.
(c) Act 10 requires state employees to sign a loyalty pledge to Governor Faubus.
(d) Act 10 requires state employees to list their membership in groups.

5. Who brings Marlee her school assignments while she is sick?
(a) Sally.
(b) Little Jimmy.
(c) JT.
(d) Nora.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marlee tell Liz she will be doing at the Christmas parade?

2. Although the WEC is ostensibly apolitical, what do its members really privately believe in?

3. What happens to Marlee's mother, David and Judy on the flight?

4. What did Marlee do with her father and David on Thanksgiving Day?

5. How does Marlee's mother react to finding the Bible verse Marlee copied and put in her purse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What big news does Judy tell Marlee over Thanksgiving break and what does Marlee think about it?

2. What idea does Ms. Winthrop bring to the WEC that the group's leaders reject?

3. What did Marlee hope would come of her writing down a Bible verse and putting it in her mother's purse?

4. What do the leaders of the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC) insist is their only mission and why?

5. What does Liz ask Marlee to do in exchange for Liz catching crawdads with Marlee?

6. What do the WEC leaders tell Marlee about how they deal with the threatening letters they receive about their political work?

7. What does Marlee's mother tell her about the origins of Marlee's name when she gives her the letter opener on her birthday?

8. What idea does Marlee come up with to help Liz be quiet in tense situations?

9. Why is Marlee so upset when her mother suggests she tutor JT in math?

10. Why does Marlee ask her mother to come pick her up from Sally's roller-skating party?

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