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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 does Ms. Winthrop affectionately call Marlee?
(a) A peanut.
(b) A squirt.
(c) A doll.
(d) A smarty.

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

3. What reason does Ms. Taylor give for Liz's school absence?
(a) Liz had a terrible accident.
(b) Liz's grandmother died.
(c) Liz had to move away.
(d) Liz is very sick.

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

5. How does Judy react to her parents' plan for her to continue school?
(a) She does not really care one way or another.
(b) She threatens to run away from home.
(c) She is very upset.
(d) She is delighted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name Marlee uses when she telephones Liz?

2. What is Liz's little brother's name?

3. What does Marlee like about Mr. Harding on the first day of school?

4. What does Liz give to Marlee to help her with her presentation?

5. Where do Liz and Marlee decide to meet to work on their project after their first meeting in the library?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marlee find out what really happened to Liz that prevents her from coming back to school?

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

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 do Marlee's parents tell Judy and Marlee that Judy has to move to their grandmother's house in Pine Bluff?

5. Why does Marlee choose to remain friends with Sally, even though Sally sometimes makes fun of her and mistreats her?

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

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

8. How does Marlee find the courage to get up in front of the class to do her presentation even though Liz is not there?

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

10. What does Ms. Taylor tell Marlee about the reason that Liz is not at school on the day they are supposed to present their history project?

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