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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marlee know Ms. Winthrop?
(a) Ms. Winthrop is the diner owner.
(b) Ms. Winthrop is her piano teacher.
(c) Ms. Winthrop is her Sunday school teacher.
(d) Ms. Winthrop is her mother's cousin.

2. What does Mrs. McDaniels do when she meets Liz for the first time?
(a) Hugs her.
(b) Slaps her.
(c) Stares intently at her.
(d) Insults her.

3. What does Marlee routinely do to try to calm herself when she is anxious?
(a) She pulls her own hair.
(b) She whistles.
(c) She counts prime numbers in her head.
(d) She bites her nails.

4. 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 won a race.
(c) Marlee was asked out by a boy she likes.
(d) Marlee aced a test.

5. What does Liz tell Marlee about Liz's own mother?
(a) She had to work as a translator.
(b) She had to work as a bus driver.
(c) She loved math and should have been a scientist.
(d) She loved English and should have been a writer.

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

7. What is the name Liz uses when she telephones Marlee?
(a) Lisa.
(b) Nicole.
(c) Liz.
(d) Janet.

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

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

10. 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 Marlee should never have spoken up in class for her presentation.
(c) She says it is OK that Liz did what she did.
(d) She says Marlee was wrong to make friends with Liz.

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

12. 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.

13. Where do Liz and Marlee decide to meet to work on their project after their first meeting in the library?
(a) The zoo.
(b) The rock crusher.
(c) The football field.
(d) Marlee's house.

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

15. What reason does Ms. Taylor give for Liz's school absence?
(a) Liz's grandmother died.
(b) Liz is very sick.
(c) Liz had to move away.
(d) Liz had a terrible accident.

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. Why does Liz tell Marlee she picked Marlee to work with?

3. What do Marlee's parents say Judy has to do in order to be able to go to school?

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

5. What does Marlee do after her presentation is over?

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