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

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

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

4. What does Marlee's father tell her is the reason he helped Curtis and got involved with racial justice issues?
(a) He was moved by the Negro students he taught at his high school.
(b) He had made friends with a Negro writer and felt responsible to help him.
(c) He had a Negro nanny as a child and he felt loyal to her.
(d) He was moved by the injustice of Emmett Till's murder.

5. Who is Marlee hoping to see at the zoo in Chapter 47?
(a) Little Jimmy.
(b) Judy.
(c) JT.
(d) Liz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marlee steal that Red has left on a bench in Chapter 47?

2. What does Marlee discover Act 10 is all about?

3. What do Marlee and David talk about in Chapter 38?

4. What does Sally tell Marlee she actually did with her hairbrush after Liz used it?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Marlee feel about Liz's budding relationship with Curtis?

6. How does JT react when Marlee finally tells him she will no longer do his math homework for him?

7. What is the reason Marlee's father gives when she asks him why he helped Curtis get out of jail?

8. Why did Marlee feel so responsible for Betty Jean's son, Curtis's, arrest?

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

10. What does David tell Marlee about the significance of Act 10?

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