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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Melba's mother was a teacher. What did she teach?
(a) 11th grade social studies.
(b) 7th grade English.
(c) Elementary school math.
(d) College science.

2. What was the "sole voice" of Little Rock's African American community in 1957?
(a) Little Rock News.
(b) Little Rock Herald.
(c) Arkansas State Press.
(d) Arkansas Times.

3. What places did Melba's father talk about where African American men were treated equal?
(a) Paris, France and New York.
(b) North Dakota and Pennsylvania.
(c) Illinois and Washington.
(d) Massachusetts and California.

4. What street was Central High School located on?
(a) Main Street.
(b) Fifteenth Street.
(c) Park Street.
(d) Ninth Avenue.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the reporters sit in the federal courtroom that the Little Rock Nine attended?

2. 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?

3. What did Melba have to drink at the home of the NAACP president before talking to the press?

4. Approximately how many white students attended Central High during the year that Melba attended?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Melba's dad visited after her first visit to school. Explain what happened.

2. How did the Little Rock Nine get to school on their second attempt?

3. Why did Melba want to meet Governor Faubus face to face?

4. Why did Mrs. Bates shush Melba in Chapter Nine?

5. What happened to Elizabeth when she couldn't get into the school on the first day?

6. Why was Grandma India hanging a picture on the wall above the television?

7. When the author arrived for the 1987 reunion, what was the most astounding evidence that things had changed?

8. What did Melba do before she got in her mother's car for the first day of school at Central High School in Little Rock?

9. What happened when Melba and her mother leave their neighborhood for Central High School?

10. Describe the federal courtroom that Melba and the other eight students visited.

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