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

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's father's surprise Christmas gift for the whole family?
(a) A train ride.
(b) A plane trip.
(c) A new television.
(d) A new car.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

4. Who is the first person Marlee sees at the zoo in Chapter 47 whom she recognizes?

5. What does Marlee do to help Betty Jean when she tells her about Curtis's arrest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Marlee's expectation of the plane ride her father gives the family compare with her actual experience of the journey?

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

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

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

8. What event finally forces Marlee to tell her parents that she has been secretly meeting Liz for months?

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

10. What did Betty Jean tell Marlee about what the NAACP had advised Negroes about sending their children to private segregated schools?

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