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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Marlee and David talk about in Chapter 38?
(a) Math.
(b) Romantic relationships.
(c) Food.
(d) Racial and political issues.

2. What does Betty Jean insist on doing to demonstrate her gratitude for Marlee's father's help with Curtis?
(a) Pay back the $50 fine a little bit at a time.
(b) Cook extra dinners for the family.
(c) Take Marlee to church with her.
(d) Teach Marlee how to speak Spanish.

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

4. Who ends up driving Marlee and JT to Sally's party?
(a) Red.
(b) JT's mother.
(c) Marlee's mother.
(d) Marlee's father.

5. 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) Climbing a tree.
(d) Baking a pie.

6. Who brings Marlee her school assignments while she is sick?
(a) Little Jimmy.
(b) Sally.
(c) Nora.
(d) JT.

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

8. What does Judy tell Marlee on their bus ride home in Chapter 38?
(a) That she wants to come back home and share a room with Marlee again.
(b) That she is planning to run away.
(c) That she hates Pine Bluff.
(d) That Robert Laurence broke up with her.

9. What does Marlee's father buy her granny for Christmas?
(a) A croquet set.
(b) A television.
(c) A new oven.
(d) A new set of lawn furniture.

10. What does Marlee tell JT about doing his math homework in Chapter 33?
(a) She says he needs to start paying her.
(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 she will tell the teacher he has been cheating.

11. Who does Marlee's mother tell her she is named after?
(a) Marlee Curtis.
(b) Marlene Dietrich.
(c) Marlena Hayes.
(d) Marlee Davidson.

12. Who is the first person Marlee tells in her family that she is still seeing Liz?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Judy.
(d) David.

13. What does Marlee discover Act 10 is all about?
(a) Act 10 requires state employees to list their membership in groups.
(b) Act 10 requires state employees to sign a loyalty pledge to Governor Faubus.
(c) Act 10 requires state employees to take an oath of silence on political issues.
(d) Act 10 requires state employees to sign a contract forbidding them from supporting integration.

14. What does Marlee steal that Red has left on a bench in Chapter 47?
(a) The key to his car trunk.
(b) His ring.
(c) His driver's license.
(d) His wallet.

15. What new friend does Liz tell Marlee about in Chapter 33?
(a) Dalton.
(b) James.
(c) Curtis.
(d) Harry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Marlee's substitute teacher when she comes back to school after being sick?

2. How does Betty Jean's and Marlee's relationship change after Marlee goes out of her way to help Betty Jean's son Curtis?

3. What does Mrs Dalton reveal to the WEC members about her husband at the WEC meeting in Chapter 39?

4. What do Marlee and her mother do together in Chapter 45 that Marlee's mother lets her skip school for?

5. Why do JT and Red fail to see Liz when they follow Marlee to the rock crusher, where she is meeting Liz?

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