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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which prominent Little Rock official defies the governor's stance on opposing integration?

2. Who saved Melba from being raped by an angry white man?

3. After Judge Davis ordered school integration to continue, what day and time did Governor Faubus remove the National Guard from Central High School?

4. Where was Judge Davies from?

5. In 1955, Melba read about an African American who forced change. Who was that person and what did that person do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Grandma India hanging a picture on the wall above the television?

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

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

4. Why did Melba want to meet Governor Faubus face to face?

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

6. Who was the first judge who ruled on the integration case in Little Rock? What was his background?

7. Describe Grandma India's bedroom.

8. What was Melba's disguise and why did she think she needed it for the wrestling match? Was she successful?

9. When the author arrived for the 1987 reunion, what was the most astounding evidence that things had changed?

10. What happened when Melba and her mother leave their neighborhood for Central High School?

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