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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the governor of Arkansas at the time integration is first sought at Central High School?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) Winthrop Rockefeller.
(c) Orval Faubus.
(d) Francis Cherry.

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

3. Which of the Little Rock Nine started to turn blue after entering the Central High office?
(a) Melba.
(b) Thelma.
(c) Millijean.
(d) Elizabeth.

4. In 1955, Melba read about an African American who forced change. Who was that person and what did that person do?
(a) Rosa Parks, who refuses to give up her seat on a bus.
(b) Samuel Wilbur Tucker, who forces integration at libraries.
(c) Bernice Fisher, who forces lunch counters to integrate.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr., whose protest shut down buses in Montgomery.

5. Who accompanied Governor Faubus to a conference with the President?
(a) Virgil Blossom.
(b) Representative Brooks Hays.
(c) Jess Matthews.
(d) Roy Wilkins.

6. Who did the author meet on the 30th anniversary of Little Rock integration that her brother referred to as "good people"?
(a) Orval Faubus.
(b) Eisenhower's daughter.
(c) Winthrop Rockefeller.
(d) Bill Clinton.

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

8. Who was the attorney that worked on Brown v. Board of Education and who also asked the Federal District Court on behalf of the NAACP to start integration in Little Rock immediately?
(a) Thurgood Marshall.
(b) Ralph Abernathy.
(c) Mary Thomason.
(d) Clara Luper.

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

10. What did Grandma India hit to scare off the men shooting at them?
(a) Someone's hat.
(b) A trash burner.
(c) A tire.
(d) A metal trash can.

11. Who was the first white person to call Melba "Miss Pattillo"?
(a) An NAACP official.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A white reporter.

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

13. What record albums did Melba play for romantic daydreaming?
(a) Elvis Presley and Sam Cooke.
(b) Nat King Cole and Johnny Mathis.
(c) Richie Valens and Little Richard.
(d) Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr.

14. Where was Judge Davies from?
(a) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
(b) Kansas City, Missouri.
(c) Fargo, North Dakota.
(d) Little Rock, Arkansas.

15. Where were the wrestling matches held that Melba and her grandmother attended?
(a) Horace Mann gymnasium.
(b) Robinson Auditorium.
(c) Ninth Avenue Recreation Center.
(d) Convention Center.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the date that the Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education?

2. Whose eyes were hidden by dark glasses, which were probably hiding the fear she felt on the first day at Central High School?

3. Who was Ike?

4. What was the popular name of the 101st Airborne Division?

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

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