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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Approximately how many white students attended Central High during the year that Melba attended?
(a) 1700.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1825.
(d) 1675.

4. Where were the wrestling matches held that Melba and her grandmother attended?
(a) Ninth Avenue Recreation Center.
(b) Convention Center.
(c) Horace Mann gymnasium.
(d) Robinson Auditorium.

5. In Melba's opinion, who looked like a caramel-colored James Darin?
(a) Vince.
(b) Nat King Cole.
(c) Terrence.
(d) Johnny Mathis.

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

7. Who was Conrad?
(a) Melba's classmate.
(b) The grocer down the street.
(c) Melba's brother.
(d) Melba's father.

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

9. What record albums did Melba play for romantic daydreaming?
(a) Elvis Presley and Sam Cooke.
(b) Nat King Cole and Johnny Mathis.
(c) Richie Valens and Little Richard.
(d) Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr.

10. What kind of car did Vince own?
(a) Red and white Chevy.
(b) Black Chrysler.
(c) Green Oldsmobile.
(d) Silver Cadillac.

11. Where was Judge Davies from?
(a) Kansas City, Missouri.
(b) Fargo, North Dakota.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

12. What were the girls doing in Melba's first gym class?
(a) Tumbling.
(b) Volleyball.
(c) Calisthenics.
(d) Basketball.

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

14. Who was Daisy Bates?
(a) Thelma's friend.
(b) A school board member.
(c) The Arkansas NAACP president.
(d) A teacher at Central High School.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "amicus curiae" mean in "Warriors Don't Cry"?

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

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

4. What historic event happened on the day the author was born?

5. Who was the first white person to call Melba "Miss Pattillo"?

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