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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. How does Marlee's friend Sally treat her when she becomes overcome with anxiety at the pool?
(a) Marlee's friend Sally makes fun of her.
(b) Marlee's friend Sally hugs her.
(c) Marlee's friend Sally hits her.
(d) Marlee's friend Sally leaves without her.

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

3. Why does Marlee decide to stay in Mr. Harding's room at lunchtime?
(a) She has a crush on Mr. Harding.
(b) She is too tired to go to the cafeteria.
(c) She does not want to face her friends and hear the bad things they have to say about Liz.
(d) She really loves English.

4. How does Liz decide to give Marlee her phone number so no one but they will know what it is?
(a) She gives Marlee an encrypted key to decipher the numbers.
(b) She writes it in invisible ink.
(c) She taps it out in Morse code.
(d) She writes it in a magic square format.

5. What does Marlee discover about Liz that persuades her to want to work with Liz?
(a) Like Marlee, Liz also loves to draw.
(b) Like Marlee, Liz loves to talk.
(c) Liz has a book of magic squares, which Marlee loves.
(d) Liz has a pet weasel Marlee wants to see.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marlee routinely do to try to calm herself when she is anxious?

2. What does Liz bring with her the first time she meets Marlee after she is forced to leave school?

3. What does Mrs. McDaniels do when she meets Liz for the first time?

4. What does Marlee's father tell her about the reason he drives her to school every day?

5. What does Marlee's mother tell Marlee's father in Chapter 18 that makes him very angry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Marlee decide to try to get a message to Liz after Liz can not come back to school?

3. Why does Judy make Marlee promise to say at least one full sentence on her first day of school?

4. Why is Marlee disappointed with JT's behavior on the first day she meets him to help him with his math homework?

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

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

7. Why does Marlee decide to stay in Mr. Harding's room instead of going to the cafeteria for lunch after Liz leaves school?

8. 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?

9. What does Marlee's fear of jumping off the high dive in Chapter 1 represent?

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

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