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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 Marlee's father buy her granny for Christmas?
(a) A croquet set.
(b) A new set of lawn furniture.
(c) A new oven.
(d) A television.

2. Who is Marlee surprised to see at her first WEC meeting?
(a) Sally.
(b) Liz.
(c) Mrs. Dalton, JT's mother.
(d) Her own mother.

3. What kinds of letters does Marlee discover are being sent to the WEC when she opens mail at a meeting?
(a) Love letters.
(b) Invitations to parties.
(c) Awards letters.
(d) Threatening letters.

4. What does Liz ask Marlee to try with her for the first time in Chapter 36?
(a) Climbing a tree.
(b) Catching a snake.
(c) Baking a pie.
(d) Hitting a baseball with a bat.

5. What is Judy's boyfriend's name?
(a) Jimmy Curtis.
(b) Joe Antonio.
(c) Robert Laurence.
(d) Harvey Dent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Betty Jean's and Marlee's relationship change after Marlee goes out of her way to help Betty Jean's son Curtis?

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

3. How does Judy feel about Marlee's and David's conversation in Chapter 38?

4. What does Marlee ask Liz to do with her in Chapter 36 that Liz does not want to try?

5. What does Mrs Dalton reveal to the WEC members about her husband at the WEC meeting in Chapter 39?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event finally forces Marlee to tell her parents that she has been secretly meeting Liz for months?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Marlee feel about Liz's budding relationship with Curtis?

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 does Red do at the Christmas parade that upsets Marlee?

9. Why did Marlee feel so responsible for Betty Jean's son, Curtis's, arrest?

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

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