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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What steps are taken to make sure Liz and her family are safe after Marlee tells Betty Jean about the episode in the woods from Chapter 40?
(a) It is decided Liz's family will get police protection.
(b) It is decided Liz's father will carry a gun.
(c) It is decided Liz and her family will move.
(d) It is decided that people will sit in Liz's house all night to make sure no one tries to hurt them.

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

3. What does Sally tell Marlee she actually did with her hairbrush after Liz used it?
(a) She burned it.
(b) She sold it.
(c) She did not throw it away - she kept it.
(d) She disinfected it with bleach.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marlee's father tell her is the reason he helped Curtis and got involved with racial justice issues?

2. Why is Mrs. Brewer against asking Negroes to join the WEC?

3. Who do Marlee and her mother meet while they are out doing political work on the street in Chapter 45?

4. What kinds of letters does Marlee discover are being sent to the WEC when she opens mail at a meeting?

5. Who does Marlee's mother tell her she is named after?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marlee walk into the woods when she realizes JT and Red have followed her to the rock crusher?

2. Why does Marlee ask her mother to come pick her up from Sally's roller-skating party?

3. What do the leaders of the Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools (WEC) insist is their only mission and why?

4. What does Liz ask Marlee to do in exchange for Liz catching crawdads with Marlee?

5. Why does Liz not understand why Marlee stopped liking JT?

6. What does Marlee's mother tell her about the origins of Marlee's name when she gives her the letter opener on her birthday?

7. Why is Marlee so upset when her mother suggests she tutor JT in math?

8. What problems does Liz tell Marlee she experiences once she has to attend the Negro school in her neighborhood?

9. What idea does Marlee come up with to help Liz be quiet in tense situations?

10. What idea does Ms. Winthrop bring to the WEC that the group's leaders reject?

(see the answer keys)

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