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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 36 - 47).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Winthrop come to the house to tell Marlee's parents in Chapter 41?
(a) That Marlee's father has been promoted.
(b) That Marlee's father has been fired.
(c) That the WEC is dissolving.
(d) That an explosion has happened at the school.

2. What is Liz's little brother's name?
(a) Little Jimmy.
(b) Tommy.
(c) John.
(d) Frankie.

3. Where do Marlee and Liz meet after they realize the zoo is too public?
(a) The rock crusher.
(b) The corner store.
(c) The football field.
(d) Marlee's house.

4. What does Marlee's mother giver her as a thirteenth birthday present?
(a) A monogrammed handkerchief.
(b) A new puppy.
(c) An engraved silver letter opener.
(d) A Swiss Army knife.

5. What does Marlee's mother tell Marlee's father in Chapter 18 that makes him very angry?
(a) She spent all their grocery money on new furniture.
(b) She is working for the pro-segregationists.
(c) She accepted a job at a private high school.
(d) She has donated money to communist causes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Liz ask Marlee to try with her for the first time in Chapter 36?

2. What does Marlee steal that Red has left on a bench in Chapter 47?

3. What is Marlee's first idea that she comes up with to help Liz stay quiet in tense situations?

4. What does Judy tell Marlee about how she is doing in Pine Bluff in her letters to Marlee?

5. What does Marlee give to her mother before her mother speaks at the meeting in Chapter 42?

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