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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the name Marlee uses when she telephones Liz?
(a) Angelique.
(b) Rita.
(c) Hester.
(d) Mary.

5. How does Marlee get home from school every day?
(a) Her mother drives her.
(b) She rides the bus.
(c) Mrs. McDaniels drives her.
(d) She walks.

6. What does Betty Jean say is the worst that can happen when a Negro pretends to be white?
(a) The person can lose his or her job.
(b) The person can be kicked out of the church.
(c) The person can go to jail.
(d) The person and his or her family can be killed.

7. What does Judy ask Marlee's mother in Chapter 7 that upsets Marlee very much?
(a) To be able to drink alcohol at a special party.
(b) To move into David's old room and out the bedroom the two sisters have always shared.
(c) To borrow their mother's car.
(d) To be allowed to wear all of Marlee's clothes.

8. What does Liz give to Marlee to help her with her presentation?
(a) A piece of ice.
(b) A book of magic squares.
(c) A black feather to act as a talisman.
(d) A special bow for her hair.

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

10. How does Marlee's friend Sally treat her when she becomes overcome with anxiety at the pool?
(a) Marlee's friend Sally hits her.
(b) Marlee's friend Sally leaves without her.
(c) Marlee's friend Sally makes fun of her.
(d) Marlee's friend Sally hugs her.

11. 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 accepted a job at a private high school.
(c) She spent all their grocery money on new furniture.
(d) She is working for the pro-segregationists.

12. What drink does Marlee associate with Nora?
(a) Coke.
(b) Weak fruit punch.
(c) Warm milk.
(d) Coffee.

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

14. What does Liz bring to her and Marlee's last practice session before their presentation day?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Hamburgers.
(c) Two little turtles for racing.
(d) Cokes.

15. What is the phrase that was used for the first Negro students to attend a white public school in Little Rock?
(a) The Seven Lions.
(b) The Sixteen Soldiers.
(c) The Arkansas Students.
(d) The Little Rock Nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals do both Liz and Marlee like to listen to at the zoo?

2. Who tells Marlee and her friends what really happened to Liz?

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

4. Why does Liz tell Sally she was not at the pool during the summer?

5. What does Marlee's father tell her about the reason he drives her to school every day?

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