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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who came looking for Melba at Central High with a red face and a frown?
(a) A police officer.
(b) Mrs. Huckaby.
(c) Her guide.
(d) Mr. Matthews.

2. Who said, "Are you under lock and key the way I am"?
(a) Minnijean.
(b) Carlotta.
(c) Melba.
(d) Thelma.

3. Who was the other member of the Little Rock Nine who shared Melba's enjoyment of singing?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Carolotta.
(c) Minnijean.
(d) Thelma.

4. On the first day that the Little Rock Nine attended Central High School classes, the crowd outside the school outnumbered the police by about how much?
(a) Twenty times as many.
(b) Fifty times as many.
(c) A hundredfold.
(d) Ten times as many.

5. Where did the reporters sit in the federal courtroom that the Little Rock Nine attended?
(a) Outside of the courtroom.
(b) With the Little Rock Nine.
(c) In the jury box.
(d) Behind a rope.

6. Melba had a secret copy of a magazine that she read after she and her mother returned home from unsuccessfully being admitted to Central High School. What was it?
(a) True Confessions.
(b) True Romance.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Teen Beat.

7. Who does Grandma describe as "smart like a fox"?
(a) Judge Davies.
(b) Governor Faubus.
(c) President Eisenhower.
(d) Thurgood Marshall.

8. Who was Daisy Bates?
(a) The Arkansas NAACP president.
(b) A school board member.
(c) Thelma's friend.
(d) A teacher at Central High School.

9. Who did President Eisenhower send to protect the students integrating into Central High School?
(a) The 101st Airborne Division.
(b) The Arkansas 2nd Expeditionary Unit.
(c) U.S. Army Reserve.
(d) The National Guard.

10. Who was the Arkansas president of the NAACP in 1957?
(a) Wiley Branton.
(b) Marjorie Williams.
(c) Ed Claxton.
(d) Daisy Bates.

11. How many double-dates had Melba and Vince enjoyed with Grandma and Mr. Claxton at the wrestling matches?
(a) One.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

12. At age four, what did Melba do in her Indian Head tablet?
(a) Write in her journal.
(b) Draw pictures.
(c) Practice letters.
(d) Color.

13. After Judge Davis ordered school integration to continue, what day and time did Governor Faubus remove the National Guard from Central High School?
(a) Friday evening, 6:20 p.m.
(b) Sunday at 3:15 p.m.
(c) Monday at 7:10 a.m.
(d) Saturday at noon.

14. What were the girls doing in Melba's first gym class?
(a) Tumbling.
(b) Calisthenics.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Volleyball.

15. Who was Virgil Blossom?
(a) Little Rock Mayor.
(b) Chairman of the School Board.
(c) U.S. District Attorney.
(d) The Little Rock school superintendent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What room number was Melba's homeroom?

2. Who told Melba to stay away from the window on the first day in school?

3. Which of the Little Rock Nine started to turn blue after entering the Central High office?

4. How many students were chosen to integrate the Little Rock High School?

5. What does "amicus curiae" mean in "Warriors Don't Cry"?

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