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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do JT and Red fail to see Liz when they follow Marlee to the rock crusher, where she is meeting Liz?
(a) Liz jumped into the water.
(b) Liz is hiding in a cave.
(c) Liz is hiding under a rock.
(d) Liz is hiding high in a tree.

2. 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) Heights.
(b) Small spaces.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Cheese.

3. What is the second thing Marlee suggests might help Liz stay quiet in tense situations?
(a) Doing multiplication tables on her fingers.
(b) Playing cat's cradle.
(c) Finding the nearest tree and climbing it.
(d) Snapping her fingers.

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

5. Why is Marlee's mother unable to go to the zoo with her in Chapter 47?
(a) She has to work.
(b) She broke her arm.
(c) She has a migraine.
(d) She has to cook.

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

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 does not like JT and that JT had been forcing her to do his homework for months.
(c) That she is actually still seeing Liz.
(d) That she was very upset Judy was living with their grandmother.

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

9. What does Marlee's father have to do to get Curtis out of jail?
(a) Pay a $1,000 fine.
(b) Get the pastor.
(c) Pay a $50 fine.
(d) Get him a lawyer.

10. How does Betty Jean's and Marlee's relationship change after Marlee goes out of her way to help Betty Jean's son Curtis?
(a) The two start helping each other around the house and Betty Jean bakes special things for Marlee.
(b) The relationship between them becomes more strained.
(c) The two start working on protest signs together.
(d) Marlee's mother tells her not to talk to Betty Jean anymore.

11. Marlee realizes that JT gets many of his racist ideas from which members of his family?
(a) His father and brother.
(b) His father and mother.
(c) His brother and mother.
(d) His mother and sister.

12. In Chapter 28, what does Marlee suggest that Liz try as an alternative to the times tables to help keep her temper and stay quiet?
(a) Singing a song.
(b) Combing her hair.
(c) Writing her feelings down in a notebook.
(d) Plotting her revenge.

13. Why is Marlee worried about her father after he completes the requirements of Act 10?
(a) She thinks he will leave the family.
(b) She thinks he might get arrested.
(c) She thinks he will leave their church.
(d) She thinks he might get fired.

14. What does Liz ask Marlee to try with her for the first time in Chapter 36?
(a) Catching a snake.
(b) Hitting a baseball with a bat.
(c) Baking a pie.
(d) Climbing a tree.

15. How does Betty Jean figure out that Marlee is secretly seeing Liz?
(a) She finds Marlee's journal entry about Liz.
(b) She hears Marlee talking about meeting Liz.
(c) She recognizes Liz's voice on the phone.
(d) She recognizes Liz from a picture Marlee has.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Marlee feel about the prospect of flying?

3. What does Mrs. Winthrop come to the house to tell Marlee's parents in Chapter 41?

4. Who is the policeman whom Marlee's father is friendly with?

5. Who picks up Marlee from Sally's party?

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