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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 finally tell her mother in Chapter 37?
(a) That she does not like JT and that JT had been forcing her to do his homework for months.
(b) That she was very upset Judy was living with their grandmother.
(c) That she is actually still seeing Liz.
(d) That she likes JT and did not like her mother interfering in their relationship.

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

3. What is one of Marlee's fears that prevents her from feeling comfortable doing the thing Liz asks her to try for the first time in Chapter 36?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Small spaces.
(c) Heights.
(d) Snakes.

4. What kind of car do Marlee and JT ride to Sally's party in?
(a) A red Mustang.
(b) A green Jeep.
(c) A gray Chrysler Windsor.
(d) A blue Chevrolet.

5. What does Sally tell Marlee she actually did with her hairbrush after Liz used it?
(a) She sold it.
(b) She did not throw it away - she kept it.
(c) She disinfected it with bleach.
(d) She burned it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings Marlee her school assignments while she is sick?

2. What meeting does Marlee's mother say they are going to go to at the end of Chapter 41?

3. What did Marlee do with her father and David on Thanksgiving Day?

4. Who is the first person Marlee sees at the zoo in Chapter 47 whom she recognizes?

5. Who do Marlee and her mother meet while they are out doing political work on the street in Chapter 45?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Liz not understand why Marlee stopped liking JT?

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

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

5. What do the WEC leaders tell Marlee about how they deal with the threatening letters they receive about their political work?

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

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

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

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

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

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