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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What game does Marlee let Sally win at Sally's party?
(a) The limbo.
(b) Spin the bottle.
(c) Croquet.
(d) Horseshoes.

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

5. What do Marlee and her mother do together in Chapter 45 that Marlee's mother lets her skip school for?
(a) Making protest signs.
(b) Folding flyers.
(c) Canvassing to get petition signatures for the school board election.
(d) Making cakes.

6. What does Marlee do to help Betty Jean when she tells her about Curtis's arrest?
(a) Marlee calls Sally.
(b) Marlee calls Liz.
(c) Marlee calls her father.
(d) Marlee calls David.

7. What is Marlee looking for that Red has in Chapter 47?
(a) Guns.
(b) Money.
(c) Knives.
(d) Dynamite.

8. Who is the first person Marlee sees at the zoo in Chapter 47 whom she recognizes?
(a) Red.
(b) David.
(c) Judy.
(d) Nora.

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

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

11. Why is Mrs. Brewer against asking Negroes to join the WEC?
(a) Because she does not like Negroes.
(b) Because it is illegal to ask Negroes to join a white group.
(c) Because she and other members think the group would fall apart because members would leave.
(d) Because some of the members' husbands are in the KKK and they would not stand for it.

12. What does Mrs. Winthrop come to the house to tell Marlee's parents in Chapter 41?
(a) That Marlee's father has been promoted.
(b) That the WEC is dissolving.
(c) That an explosion has happened at the school.
(d) That Marlee's father has been fired.

13. How does Marlee feel about the prospect of flying?
(a) She is very excited.
(b) She does not care either way.
(c) She is angry she has to fly.
(d) She is terrified.

14. What meeting does Marlee's mother say they are going to go to at the end of Chapter 41?
(a) The Human Relations Council meeting.
(b) The WEC main meeting.
(c) The NAACP regional meeting.
(d) The Forest Park PTA meeting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Liz say she can not come to the Christmas parade?

2. What new friend does Liz tell Marlee about in Chapter 33?

3. How does Little Jimmy tell Marlee he feels about Liz?

4. What does Marlee tell Liz she will be doing at the Christmas parade?

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

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