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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 Liz bring with her the first time she meets Marlee after she is forced to leave school?
(a) A bag of peanuts.
(b) A pet turtle.
(c) A new scarf.
(d) The book of magic squares.

2. How does Marlee's mother react to finding the Bible verse Marlee copied and put in her purse?
(a) She asks Marlee if she put the bible verse there but does not ask Marlee why.
(b) She asks Marlee's brother if he put it there and then gets sad.
(c) She is puzzled and can't figure out who put it in her purse.
(d) She asks Marlee's father if he put it there and then gets angry.

3. Who is Marlee's substitute teacher when she comes back to school after being sick?
(a) Ms. Winthrop.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Mrs. Curtis.
(d) Her father.

4. How does Marlee decide she will try to contact Liz?
(a) She writes Liz a note and takes it to the pastor of the Negro church in Liz's part of town.
(b) She waits for Liz at the zoo.
(c) She goes to the Negro movie theater.
(d) She tries to find out Liz's phone number.

5. What does Marlee's father tell her is the reason he helped Curtis and got involved with racial justice issues?
(a) He was moved by the Negro students he taught at his high school.
(b) He had made friends with a Negro writer and felt responsible to help him.
(c) He was moved by the injustice of Emmett Till's murder.
(d) He had a Negro nanny as a child and he felt loyal to her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Marlee's father tell her about who Pastor George is?

3. What does Judy do to try to make amends with Marlee in Chapter 7?

4. What game does Marlee let Sally win at Sally's party?

5. What deal does Liz make with Marlee about the presentation?

(see the answer key)

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