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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 48 - 57).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marlee tell her mother is the reason she is upset when she gets home on Halloween?
(a) She is sad she can not see Liz anymore.
(b) She saw someone throwing eggs at Mrs. Jefferson's house.
(c) She ate too much candy.
(d) She is nervous about talking in class.

2. Who sits next to Marlee on the Christmas float?
(a) Nora.
(b) Little Jimmy.
(c) Sally.
(d) JT.

3. How does Betty Jean's and Marlee's relationship change after Marlee goes out of her way to help Betty Jean's son Curtis?
(a) Marlee's mother tells her not to talk to Betty Jean anymore.
(b) The two start working on protest signs together.
(c) The relationship between them becomes more strained.
(d) The two start helping each other around the house and Betty Jean bakes special things for Marlee.

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

5. Why does Marlee abruptly run out of the farmhouse?
(a) She finds a loaded gun on the table.
(b) She finds poison in the house.
(c) She finds white robes in the closet.
(d) She finds a piece of mail from CROSS.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Ms. Taylor give for Liz's school absence?

2. Why does Marlee decide to stay in Mr. Harding's room at lunchtime?

3. Who helps Marlee at the pool in Chapter 1?

4. What is the phrase that was used for the first Negro students to attend a white public school in Little Rock?

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

(see the answer key)

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