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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What room number was Melba's homeroom?

2. Who was Ike?

3. Who does Grandma describe as "smart like a fox"?

4. Who told Melba to "make this day the best you can" on the day the 101st took her to school?

5. In Melba's opinion, who looked like a caramel-colored James Darin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Melba do with her time on the first day of school after she was forced to return home?

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

4. Describe Grandma India's bedroom.

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

6. Who was Marissa?

7. 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?

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

9. What did Grandma India do and say to Melba after the attempted rape?

10. Who were the boys who were part of the integration effort?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter Nine, Melba wrote in her diary that it was her turn to carry the banner. What does this mean and what did it mean about the person Melba was becoming.?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism of Central High School as related to education. What else did Central High School come to symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

One of the most enduring images from Little Rock's Central High School was the very first day when Elizabeth Eckford, a young, small girl, was surrounded by angry, yelling white people. Find a copy of this image and write about how it makes you feel.

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