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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. Who spoke with a "quick New York accent overlying a slight Southern drawl"?
(a) Herbert Brownell, Jr.
(b) Dr. Lorch.
(c) Wiley Branton.
(d) Thurgood Marshall.

2. Which of Melba's classes did she describe as a zoo?
(a) French class.
(b) English.
(c) Typing.
(d) Study hall.

3. Which prominent Little Rock official defies the governor's stance on opposing integration?
(a) The head of the National Guard.
(b) The Little Rock Representative.
(c) The Little Rock Mayor.
(d) The Central High School principal.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Mrs. Huckaby?

2. What street was Central High School located on?

3. 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?

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

5. What was Grandma India's favorite hymn?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the other girls who integrated into Central High School with Melba.

2. Who came to the Pattillo house the day after the first attempt at integration?

3. What was Melba's first impression of the inside of Central High School?

4. Who was the first judge who ruled on the integration case in Little Rock? What was his background?

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

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

7. What was Melba's father like and what work did he do?

8. How did Melba arrive to Central High School on her third attempt?

9. Describe Grandma India's bedroom.

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

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