The Lions Of Little Rock

Chapters 1-12

Reading Check

1. Integration of schools (Chapter 2)

2. Sally (Chapter 3)

3. Math (Various Chapters)

Short Answer

1. She tells her to find a friend she has something in common with. (Chapter 1)

2. The drinks Marlee refers to provide the reader with an idea of her family’s characteristics. Marlee says her mom is like hot black tea, but her dad is like milk, her sister like Coca Cola, and her brother like sweet, iced tea. (Various Chapters)

3. Marlee is very shy, so she avoids social situations that make her uncomfortable. (Various Chapters)

4. Because they just yell out whatever they’re thinking without caring who hears. (Chapter 4)

5. She helps Marlee give her speeches to the zoo animals as an audience. (Various Chapters)

Chapters 13-23

Reading Check

1. That Liz has been kicked out for “passing” (Chapter 13)

2. They cannot find their voice. (Chapter 15)

3. To her grandmother’s house (Chapter 16)

4. A note (Chapter 17)

Short Answer

1. Black people could be seriously injured or killed by racist people. White people who support the Black community receive threats from the KKK and various racist organizations. (Various Chapters)

2. Liz and her family are in danger of being attacked by racist groups. She is also shunned at her Black school because she had been passing. Liz isn’t supposed to meet with her white friends anymore because she is Black. (Various Chapters)

Chapters 24-34

Reading Check

1. To count prime numbers (Chapter 26)

2. She is active in the WEC and friends with Liz. (Various Chapters)

3. A NASA engineer (Various Chapters)

4. Writing in a journal (Chapter 29)

Short Answer

1. He is accused of egging a house because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. (Chapter 25)

2. Marlee begins to speak out and stand up for herself. She answers questions in class, begins to call Sally out when she behaves badly toward her, and refuses to do JT’s math homework any longer. (Chapter 33)

Chapters 35-45

Reading Check

1. Jimmy (Chapter 37)

2. She says nothing (Chapter 37)

3. The Ku Klux Klan (Chapter 39)

Short Answer

1. Marlee’s mother arranges for Marlee to tutor JT again and arranges for Marlee to attend a birthday party with JT. No one asked Marlee what she wanted to do and Marlee had just set boundaries for JT. Mrs. Nesbitt unwittingly breaches her boundaries. (Chapter 35)

2. She tells Betty Jean, her mother and father, and a police officer. The officer takes the threat seriously and patrols increase near Liz’s home. (Chapter 41)

Chapters 46-57

Reading Check

1. Keys and dynamite (Chapter 47)

2. He throws dynamite in the window. (Chapter 51)

3. The integrationists (Chapter 53)

4. Her phone number (Chapter 57)

Short Answer

1. Throughout the novel, JT is mostly seen as an adversary. He uses Marlee to complete his homework and helps Red bully her when they discover Marlee is still friends with Liz. (Various Chapters)

2. Mrs. Nesbitt was for segregation but as the segregation continues to be a problem for school districts, she changes her mind. Liz slips a Bible verse into her mother’s purse which Mrs. Nesbitt later says is one of the reasons she decides to speak out against segregation. (Various Chapters)