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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who referred to Little Rock as "an occupied city"?
(a) Melba's mother.
(b) Governor Faubus.
(c) The school superintendent.
(d) President Eisenhower.

2. During the time that the 101st was at Central High School, who drove the students to school?
(a) Danny.
(b) Mrs. Bates.
(c) Sare.
(d) The Little Rock police.

3. What was Melba's grandma using jelly beans for?
(a) To bribe Conrad.
(b) To feed the birds.
(c) To put eyes on gingerbread men.
(d) As a reward to Melba.

4. What room at school did Melba sometimes avoid because it was become "the main place for them to get me"?
(a) Gym.
(b) Cafeteria.
(c) Restroom.
(d) Stairwell.

5. Who accused Melba of making "mountains out of molehills"?
(a) White students.
(b) Teachers.
(c) School office staff.
(d) Principal.

6. Who filed a civil suit against the NAACP in Arkansas?
(a) The school superintendent.
(b) An alderman.
(c) The state attorney general.
(d) Governor Faubus.

7. What music did Melba envision being played for her sixteenth birthday?
(a) She Was Only Sixteen.
(b) Sixteen Candles.
(c) Sweet Little Sixteen.
(d) Sweet Sixteen.

8. Who told the Little Rock Nine to "complain only when something is injurious to your health, or life-threatening"?
(a) NAACP officials.
(b) The police.
(c) National Guard.
(d) School officials.

9. What did Melba call the bad boys who copied their hairstyle from James Dean and Elvis?
(a) Hoodlum.
(b) Sideburners.
(c) Greasers.
(d) Thugs.

10. Which of the Little Rock Nine had a bomb placed under the porch of the home?
(a) Ernie.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Thelma.
(d) Carlotta.

11. What did Melba hear when the 101st soldiers escorted the nine students inside Central High School?
(a) Gunfire.
(b) Chants of the mob.
(c) Silence.
(d) Boots clicking on the stone.

12. At Christmas, how many integration lawsuits were pending in Arkansas?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 13.

13. What did Grandma India do when Melba stayed home sick from school in October?
(a) Let's her have a free day.
(b) Takes her temperature.
(c) Takes Melba to the doctor.
(d) Gives Melba a dose of castor oil.

14. Who did Melba compared to "cats in sunlight"?
(a) White segregationists.
(b) Central High School staff.
(c) Little Rock police.
(d) Arkansas National Guard.

15. What did Melba ask her diary for at Christmas time?
(a) An end to the harassment.
(b) A nice, new stepfather.
(c) An end to going to Central High School.
(d) A car.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the unsuccessful meeting with the school superintendent, what door did the students take to enter Central High School?

2. What was Melba stabbed in the back with?

3. After the fire drill, who escorted Melba, Carlotta and Thelma to the restroom and cafeteria?

4. What book did Melba's English teacher assign for a book report?

5. What did Melba's old friend Marsha call Melba?

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