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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who picks up Marlee from Sally's party?
2. Why do JT and Red fail to see Liz when they follow Marlee to the rock crusher, where she is meeting Liz?
3. What does Marlee's mother giver her as a thirteenth birthday present?
4. What does Betty Jean insist on doing to demonstrate her gratitude for Marlee's father's help with Curtis?
5. How does Marlee's mother react to finding the Bible verse Marlee copied and put in her purse?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Liz not understand why Marlee stopped liking JT?
2. What purpose does Marlee help Ms. Winthrop canvass her neighborhood for?
3. How does JT react when Marlee finally tells him she will no longer do his math homework for him?
4. What big news does Judy tell Marlee over Thanksgiving break and what does Marlee think about it?
5. Why is Marlee so upset when her mother suggests she tutor JT in math?
6. What does Marlee tell her mother when her mother comes to pick her up from Sally's roller-skating party?
7. How does Marlee's expectation of the plane ride her father gives the family compare with her actual experience of the journey?
8. How does Marlee feel about Liz's budding relationship with Curtis?
9. Why does Marlee ask her mother to come pick her up from Sally's roller-skating party?
10. What do the WEC leaders tell Marlee about how they deal with the threatening letters they receive about their political work?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Marlee and Liz are attempting to preserve their friendship despite the fact that Marlee is white and Liz is a Negro, their parents and everyone they know in the community forbids it. Write an essay exploring the reasons, as described by Levine in the novel, why people were so against a friendship like theirs in Little Rock in the late 1950s.
Essay Topic 2
Marlee forms an unusually intense relationship with Liz. Write an essay analyzing why Liz's friendship meant so much to Marlee.
Essay Topic 3
How did Levine's choice to tell the story solely from Marlee's point of view affect the audience's understanding of the book's themes? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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