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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Marlee decide not to tell her father about receiving threatening phone calls related to her WEC work?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is embarrassed.
(c) She fears her father would not let her stay in the group.
(d) She is too sad.

2. What kinds of letters does Marlee discover are being sent to the WEC when she opens mail at a meeting?
(a) Threatening letters.
(b) Invitations to parties.
(c) Awards letters.
(d) Love letters.

3. What does Marlee's father tell her is the reason he helped Curtis and got involved with racial justice issues?
(a) He was moved by the injustice of Emmett Till's murder.
(b) He had a Negro nanny as a child and he felt loyal to her.
(c) He was moved by the Negro students he taught at his high school.
(d) He had made friends with a Negro writer and felt responsible to help him.

4. What does Red do to JT in Chapter 45?
(a) Breaks his leg.
(b) Gives him a black eye.
(c) Makes him give him all his money.
(d) Cuts his hand.

5. Who is Marlee's substitute teacher when she comes back to school after being sick?
(a) Her father.
(b) Ms. Winthrop.
(c) Mrs. Curtis.
(d) Her mother.

6. What does Marlee give to her mother before her mother speaks at the meeting in Chapter 42?
(a) A ring.
(b) Her feather from Liz.
(c) A bible.
(d) A peach pit.

7. What does Marlee finally tell her mother in Chapter 37?
(a) That she likes JT and did not like her mother interfering in their relationship.
(b) That she is actually still seeing Liz.
(c) That she was very upset Judy was living with their grandmother.
(d) That she does not like JT and that JT had been forcing her to do his homework for months.

8. What does Marlee ask Liz to do with her in Chapter 36 that Liz does not want to try?
(a) Dance.
(b) Catch crawdads.
(c) Paint.
(d) Sing.

9. Who picks up Marlee from Sally's party?
(a) Her father.
(b) Judy.
(c) David.
(d) Her mother.

10. Who sits next to Marlee on the Christmas float?
(a) Nora.
(b) JT.
(c) Sally.
(d) Little Jimmy.

11. What is the important issue the women discuss at Marlee's first WEC meeting?
(a) Figuring out how to get men to join their group.
(b) Figuring out how to recruit Negro members.
(c) Planning a protest.
(d) Finding suitable candidates to run for the school board.

12. What does Marlee tell JT about doing his math homework in Chapter 33?
(a) She says she will tell the teacher he has been cheating.
(b) She says she will make sure to get more answers right.
(c) She says she will not do it any more.
(d) She says he needs to start paying her.

13. What does Betty Jean tell Marlee about her work with the WEC in Chapter 29?
(a) That the group is racist.
(b) To keep up her work with the group.
(c) To leave the group.
(d) That the work is not doing any good.

14. What is one of Marlee's fears that prevents her from feeling comfortable doing the thing Liz asks her to try for the first time in Chapter 36?
(a) Small spaces.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Heights.

15. Who do Marlee and her mother meet while they are out doing political work on the street in Chapter 45?
(a) Sally and Mrs. McDaniels.
(b) JT and Red.
(c) Mrs. Dalton.
(d) Liz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the acronym for the new group Marlee and her parents join to try to protect her father's job?

2. What does Judy tell Marlee on their bus ride home in Chapter 38?

3. What does Red do to the Negro street cleaner at the Christmas parade?

4. What do Marlee and David talk about in Chapter 38?

5. Who is the first person Marlee sees at the zoo in Chapter 47 whom she recognizes?

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