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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Marlee's mother tell Marlee's father in Chapter 18 that makes him very angry?
2. What does Liz give to Marlee to help her with her presentation?
3. What does Ms. Winthrop affectionately call Marlee?
4. Who is Pretty Boy?
5. How does Marlee know Ms. Winthrop?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Judy make Marlee promise to say at least one full sentence on her first day of school?
2. What does Marlee notice about the scientists she sees on T.V. who are involved in space exploration?
3. How does Liz act when the colored students walk into the library where she and Marlee are preparing for their history project?
4. Why does Marlee decide to stay in Mr. Harding's room instead of going to the cafeteria for lunch after Liz leaves school?
5. What is Marlee's first impression of Liz when she meets her on the first day of school?
6. When Governor Faubus orders the schools in Little Rock to close, how do Marlee's parents react to the news?
7. How do Marlee's parents react when they find out that Liz had been passing?
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 do Marlee's parents tell Judy and Marlee that Judy has to move to their grandmother's house in Pine Bluff?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the rift between Mr. and Mrs. Dalton over racial issues seem different from the disagreements over racial issues that exist between Marlee's parents? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Marlee has close relationships to both of her siblings, her sister Judy and her brother David. By the end of the novel, which one of them do you think she has more in common with? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
In the beginning of the novel, Marlee has a crush on JT Dalton, but by the end she turns him down when he asks her out. Write an essay analyzing how and why Marlee's feelings toward JT change over the course of the book.
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