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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Melba's secret crush?
(a) Link.
(b) Terence.
(c) Elvis.
(d) Vince.

3. Who was the other member of the Little Rock Nine who shared Melba's enjoyment of singing?
(a) Thelma.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Carolotta.
(d) Minnijean.

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

5. What room number was Melba's homeroom?
(a) 112.
(b) 314.
(c) 201.
(d) 339.

6. Who saved Melba from being raped by an angry white man?
(a) Conrad.
(b) Carl.
(c) Grandma India.
(d) Marissa.

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

8. What was Melba's grandmother's first name?
(a) Unknown.
(b) Anette.
(c) Lois.
(d) India.

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

10. What does "amicus curiae" mean in "Warriors Don't Cry"?
(a) Witness.
(b) Defense or Prosecution.
(c) Friend of the court.
(d) Court opposition.

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

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

13. Where did the reporters sit in the federal courtroom that the Little Rock Nine attended?
(a) Behind a rope.
(b) In the jury box.
(c) Outside of the courtroom.
(d) With the Little Rock Nine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "Are you under lock and key the way I am"?

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

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

5. What kind of car did Vince own?

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