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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 25 - 35).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Marlee's father tell her about who Pastor George is?
(a) He is a work colleague.
(b) He is Betty Jean's husband.
(c) He is their accountant.
(d) He is a cousin of theirs.

4. What happened when Liz tried writing in her notebook for the first time in order to keep her temper and stay quiet?
(a) The other students made fun of her.
(b) She got into a fight with another student.
(c) It did not work.
(d) It worked.

5. Who is the boy who asks Marlee for help with his math homework?
(a) Ernest.
(b) JT Dalton.
(c) David.
(d) Little Jimmy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Brewer against asking Negroes to join the WEC?

2. What prevents Marlee's mother from starting her new job?

3. What do Liz and Marlee decide to do their project on?

4. Who do Marlee and Liz catch throwing eggs at Mrs. Jefferson's house on Halloween?

5. What does Betty Jean say is the worst that can happen when a Negro pretends to be white?

(see the answer key)

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