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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does JT tell Marlee she needs to change about the way she does his math homework for him?
(a) She needs to get more answers wrong.
(b) She needs to maker her writing look more like his.
(c) She needs to do only half the problems.
(d) She needs to write more neatly.

2. Who helps Marlee at the pool in Chapter 1?
(a) Judy.
(b) Sally.
(c) Little Jimmy.
(d) David.

3. What is Marlee's favorite subject?
(a) English.
(b) Math.
(c) Art.
(d) History.

4. Who tells Marlee and her friends what really happened to Liz?
(a) Sally.
(b) JT.
(c) Nora.
(d) Judy.

5. What does Marlee discover about Liz that persuades her to want to work with Liz?
(a) Like Marlee, Liz also loves to draw.
(b) Like Marlee, Liz loves to talk.
(c) Liz has a book of magic squares, which Marlee loves.
(d) Liz has a pet weasel Marlee wants to see.

6. What drink does Marlee associate her brother David with?
(a) Sweet iced tea on a hot summer day.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Warm milk.
(d) Coke.

7. What does Marlee's mother say when she finds out about what happened with Liz?
(a) She assumes Marlee is upset that Liz lied to her.
(b) She says it is OK that Liz did what she did.
(c) She says Marlee was wrong to make friends with Liz.
(d) She says Marlee should never have spoken up in class for her presentation.

8. How does Marlee cut her finger when she and Judy go to the rock crusher?
(a) On a blade of grass.
(b) On a knife.
(c) On a bit of barbed wire.
(d) On a sharp rock.

9. What do Marlee's parents say Judy has to do in order to be able to go to school?
(a) She needs to be home-schooled.
(b) She needs to go to a local private school.
(c) She needs to do online courses.
(d) She needs to move to Pine Bluff to live with their grandmother.

10. How does Marlee get to school every day?
(a) Sally's mother drives her.
(b) She walks.
(c) She takes the bus.
(d) Her father drives her.

11. What does Judy tell Marlee about how she is doing in Pine Bluff in her letters to Marlee?
(a) She says she hates it there.
(b) She says she made the basketball team.
(c) She says she loves it there.
(d) She says she has tons of new friends.

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

13. What is the name of the Negro movie theater where Marlee meets Liz?
(a) The Cineplex.
(b) The Grand.
(c) The Gem.
(d) The Uptown.

14. What is the real reason Liz leaves school?
(a) Liz is a Negro.
(b) Liz's family can not afford to send her there.
(c) Liz can not do the school work.
(d) Liz's family was in the witness protection program.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marlee's friend Sally treat her when she becomes overcome with anxiety at the pool?

2. What is the name Marlee uses when she telephones Liz?

3. What does Marlee's mother tell Marlee's father she is afraid that school integration will lead to?

4. Who is the first person in Marlee's house that she tells about what happened to Liz?

5. What does Judy ask Marlee's mother in Chapter 7 that upsets Marlee very much?

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