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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What historic event happened on the day the author was born?
(a) Okinawa is bombed.
(b) Pearl Harbor is bombed.
(c) The Korean War begins.
(d) The beach at Normandy is stormed.

2. Who told Melba to "make this day the best you can" on the day the 101st took her to school?
(a) Mrs. Bates.
(b) Her minister.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her mother.

3. Who did Melba's grandmother travel to Italy with during her lifetime?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her employer.
(c) Her husband.
(d) No one - she went by herself.

4. What was the date that the Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education?
(a) June 17, 1955.
(b) May 17, 1954.
(c) July 10, 1957.
(d) May 3, 1956.

5. Where was Melba instructed to go if anyone broke into their house?
(a) Memphis Avenue.
(b) Neighbor's house.
(c) Ninth Street.
(d) The church up the street.

6. Where did the Pattillos usually sit at church?
(a) In the balcony.
(b) Left of center.
(c) Second row.
(d) Right of center.

7. Who was the Arkansas president of the NAACP in 1957?
(a) Daisy Bates.
(b) Ed Claxton.
(c) Marjorie Williams.
(d) Wiley Branton.

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

9. Whose eyes were hidden by dark glasses, which were probably hiding the fear she felt on the first day at Central High School?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Minnijean.
(c) Melba.
(d) Thelma.

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

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

12. Who sends a telegram to the governor and expects full cooperation for integration?
(a) Thurgood Marshall.
(b) Director of the FBI.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) President Eisenhower.

13. Who did Melba know who graduated from college in 1954?
(a) Melba's preacher.
(b) Melba's best friend.
(c) Melba's father.
(d) Melba's mother.

14. Who said that "integration is no fun"?
(a) Melba.
(b) Melba's brother, Conrad.
(c) Marsha.
(d) Vince.

15. 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?
(a) Ten times as many.
(b) Fifty times as many.
(c) A hundredfold.
(d) Twenty times as many.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did President Eisenhower send to protect the students integrating into Central High School?

3. What street was Central High School located on?

4. What was Grandma India's favorite hymn?

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

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