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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 effect does Marlee's mother's speech have on her?
(a) She realizes that her mother will always be in favor of segregation.
(b) She realizes her mother really loves her and is proud of her.
(c) She realizes her mother is very angry with her.
(d) She realizes how disappointed her mother is in her.

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

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

4. 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 JT she saw her there.
(c) Not to tell her mother she saw her there.
(d) Not to tell Sally she saw her there.

5. Who is Marlee surprised to see at her first WEC meeting?
(a) Sally.
(b) Her own mother.
(c) Mrs. Dalton, JT's mother.
(d) Liz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens late on Thanksgiving night that is disturbing to Marlee?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Marlee hope would come of her writing down a Bible verse and putting it in her mother's purse?

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

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

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

6. What do the WEC leaders tell Marlee about how they deal with the threatening letters they receive about their political work?

7. What big news does Judy tell Marlee over Thanksgiving break and what does Marlee think about it?

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

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

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

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