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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What animals do both Liz and Marlee like to listen to at the zoo?
(a) The monkeys.
(b) The hyenas.
(c) The parrots.
(d) The lions.

3. What does Sally say she did with her hairbrush that she loaned to Liz?
(a) Threw it away.
(b) Kept it.
(c) Burned it.
(d) Sold it.

4. What does Marlee's mother say when she finds out about what happened with Liz?
(a) She says it is OK that Liz did what she did.
(b) She assumes Marlee is upset that Liz lied to her.
(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.

5. What does Ms. Winthrop affectionately call Marlee?
(a) A peanut.
(b) A squirt.
(c) A doll.
(d) A smarty.

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

10. What drink does Marlee associate her mother with?
(a) Mountain Dew.
(b) Hot black tea so strong she is almost coffee.
(c) Coke.
(d) Warm milk.

11. What does Judy tell Marlee she needs to do in order to make good friends?
(a) Judy tells Marlee she has to focus less on math.
(b) Judy tells Marlee she has to dress better.
(c) Judy tells Marlee she needs to find someone she has things in common with.
(d) Judy tells Marlee she has to talk less.

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

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

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

15. In Chapter 1, what does Marlee attempt to do that she fails at while at the pool?
(a) She tries to eat six hot dogs.
(b) She tries to hold her breath underwater for 30 seconds.
(c) She tries to do a back flip from the pool's edge.
(d) She tries to jump off the high dive but is too afraid to go through with it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Marlee at the pool in Chapter 1?

2. Why does Marlee decide to stay in Mr. Harding's room at lunchtime?

3. What happens that upsets Marlee when her classmate shows up for help with his math homework?

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

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

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