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

2. What happens to Marlee at the end of Chapter 47?

3. Who does Marlee's mother tell her she is named after?

4. How does Betty Jean figure out that Marlee is secretly seeing Liz?

5. What does Marlee's father have to do to get Curtis out of jail?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What problems does Liz tell Marlee she experiences once she has to attend the Negro school in her neighborhood?

3. What purpose does Marlee help Ms. Winthrop canvass her neighborhood for?

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

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

6. Why does Marlee walk into the woods when she realizes JT and Red have followed her to the rock crusher?

7. What does Red do at the Christmas parade that upsets Marlee?

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

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

10. What did Betty Jean tell Marlee about what the NAACP had advised Negroes about sending their children to private segregated schools?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marlee forms an unusually intense relationship with Liz. Write an essay analyzing why Liz's friendship meant so much to Marlee.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book, Marlee struggles to find her voice so she can stand up for what she believes in. In contrast, Liz struggles to suppress her voice, because she finds herself in perilous situations as a young Negro girl who speaks her mind. Write an essay comparing and contrasting the nature and meaning of Marlee's and Liz's struggles.

Essay Topic 3

Levine uses the terms of the era to describe black people that are not considered acceptable today, including the words "colored" and "Negro." Levine also has several characters use the highly offensive racial slur "nigger." Write an essay analyzing the effect of the author's choice to use such a powerful word and explain how her use of the word informs the readers' perception of the characters who say it.

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