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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 mother.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her minister.

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

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

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

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

6. What color was the hair of the Arkansas NAACP attorney?
(a) Brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) Auburn.
(d) Black.

7. What two students are chosen to testify in federal court in the school integration case?
(a) Terrence and Carlotta.
(b) Ernest and Elizabeth.
(c) Jefferson and Millijean.
(d) Thelma and Melba.

8. Who came looking for Melba at Central High with a red face and a frown?
(a) Mr. Matthews.
(b) Her guide.
(c) Mrs. Huckaby.
(d) A police officer.

9. Who did the author meet on the 30th anniversary of Little Rock integration that her brother referred to as "good people"?
(a) Winthrop Rockefeller.
(b) Eisenhower's daughter.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Orval Faubus.

10. In 1954, what was the population of Little Rock and of that number, how many were African American?
(a) 107,300. Of that number, about 30,000 are African Americans.
(b) 102,400. Of that number, about 25,000 are African Americans.
(c) 105,800. Of that number, about 40,000 are African Americans.
(d) 109,600. Of that number, about 17,000 are African Americans.

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

12. What was Grandma India's favorite hymn?
(a) "Precious Lord, Take My Hand."
(b) "Amazing Grace."
(c) "Sing of Justice, Sing of Peace."
(d) "On the Battlefield for my Lord."

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

14. Who brought food to the Pattillos, saying "So's the white people won't catch you'all shopping and chop your heads off"?
(a) Mrs. Floyd.
(b) Mrs. Beals.
(c) Mrs. Convers.
(d) Melba's father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the wrestling matches held that Melba and her grandmother attended?

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

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

4. 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?

5. Who told Melba to stay away from the window on the first day in school?

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