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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Marlee meet at the Negro cinema who vouches for her?
(a) Ms. Winthrop.
(b) Pastor George.
(c) Curtis.
(d) Betty Jean.

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

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

5. What prop does Marlee use in her presentation on the Quapaw Indians?
(a) A peach pit.
(b) A blade of grass.
(c) A string of shells.
(d) An apple seed.

6. What does Liz ask Marlee to work with her on?
(a) Cheerleading tryouts.
(b) A history project.
(c) A new costume for dance.
(d) Basketball tryouts.

7. 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.

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

9. What group does Ms. Winthrop introduce Marlee to?
(a) CROSS.
(b) The NAACP.
(c) The National Organization for Women.
(d) The WEC.

10. What does Betty Jean tell Marlee is the term for what Liz has done?
(a) Wishing.
(b) Passing.
(c) Hoping.
(d) Trying.

11. What is Marlee's family so pleased about that happened on Marlee's first day of school?
(a) Marlee said two sentences, far more than she usually says in school.
(b) Marlee aced a test.
(c) Marlee was asked out by a boy she likes.
(d) Marlee won a race.

12. Who is Pretty Boy?
(a) The family cat.
(b) The family dog.
(c) Mr. Nisbett's pet parakeet.
(d) A friend of Marlee's.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Liz decide to give Marlee her phone number so no one but they will know what it is?

2. What does Marlee's mother tell Marlee's father in Chapter 18 that makes him very angry?

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

4. What does Mrs. McDaniels do when she meets Liz for the first time?

5. What is Marlee's favorite subject?

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