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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. What happens when Liz tries Marlee's suggestion about going through the multiplication tables to help her stay quiet?
2. What does Marlee do to help Betty Jean when she tells her about Curtis's arrest?
3. How does Judy feel about Marlee's and David's conversation in Chapter 38?
4. What does Marlee's mother giver her as a thirteenth birthday present?
5. Who sits next to Marlee on the Christmas float?
Short Essay Questions
1. What big news does Judy tell Marlee over Thanksgiving break and what does Marlee think about it?
2. What purpose does Marlee help Ms. Winthrop canvass her neighborhood for?
3. Why is Marlee so upset when her mother suggests she tutor JT in math?
4. Why did Marlee feel so responsible for Betty Jean's son, Curtis's, arrest?
5. What event finally forces Marlee to tell her parents that she has been secretly meeting Liz for months?
6. Why does Marlee walk into the woods when she realizes JT and Red have followed her to the rock crusher?
7. How does Marlee feel about Liz's budding relationship with Curtis?
8. What does Marlee tell her mother when her mother comes to pick her up from Sally's roller-skating party?
9. What does Liz ask Marlee to do in exchange for Liz catching crawdads with Marlee?
10. How does JT react when Marlee finally tells him she will no longer do his math homework for him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the rift between Mr. and Mrs. Dalton over racial issues seem different from the disagreements over racial issues that exist between Marlee's parents? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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
Levine uses the terms of the era to describe black people that are not considered acceptable today, including the words "colored" and "Negro." Levine also has several characters use the highly offensive racial slur "nigger." Write an essay analyzing the effect of the author's choice to use such a powerful word and explain how her use of the word informs the readers' perception of the characters who say it.
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