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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of party does Sally have?
(a) A sailing party.
(b) A hiking party.
(c) A nail-painting party.
(d) A roller-skating party.

2. 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 contract forbidding them from supporting integration.
(c) Act 10 requires state employees to sign a loyalty pledge to Governor Faubus.
(d) Act 10 requires state employees to take an oath of silence on political issues.

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

4. What do Marlee, JT and Red stumble across in the woods in Chapter 40?
(a) A deer.
(b) Dynamite.
(c) A body.
(d) Guns.

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

6. Who is the policeman whom Marlee's father is friendly with?
(a) Sergeant Pike.
(b) Sergeant Curtis.
(c) Sergeant Harris.
(d) Sergeant Red.

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

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

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

10. Although the WEC is ostensibly apolitical, what do its members really privately believe in?
(a) Communism.
(b) Integration.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Segregation.

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

12. What does Mrs. Dalton ask of Marlee before she leaves her first WEC meeting?
(a) To give a message to Liz for her.
(b) Not to tell Sally she saw her there.
(c) Not to tell her mother she saw her there.
(d) Not to tell JT she saw her there.

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

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

15. What did Marlee do with her father and David on Thanksgiving Day?
(a) She played football with them.
(b) She baked pies.
(c) She went to a football game.
(d) She painted the house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Betty Jean figure out that Marlee is secretly seeing Liz?

3. What meeting does Marlee's mother say they are going to go to at the end of Chapter 41?

4. What does Marlee's father have to do to get Curtis out of jail?

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

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