View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was supposed to be the first day of school for Melba in 1957?
(a) August 31.
(b) September 5.
(c) September 16.
(d) September 3.

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

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

4. What type of car did Melba's mother drive in 1957?
(a) Brown Chevy.
(b) Green Pontiac.
(c) Blue Chrysler.
(d) White Ford.

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

6. Whose concert was Melba not allowed to go to in 1956 due to segregation?
(a) Elvis Presley.
(b) Johnny Mathis.
(c) Jerry Lee Lewis.
(d) Buddy Holly.

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

8. What street was Central High School located on?
(a) Fifteenth Street.
(b) Main Street.
(c) Park Street.
(d) Ninth Avenue.

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

10. 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.

11. Who told Melba to stay away from the window on the first day in school?
(a) The PE teacher.
(b) The guide.
(c) The homeroom teacher.
(d) Mrs. Pickwick.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many students were chosen to integrate the Little Rock High School?

2. Who was the other member of the Little Rock Nine who shared Melba's enjoyment of singing?

3. Where was Judge Davies from?

4. What did Grandma India hit to scare off the men shooting at them?

5. Melba's mother was a teacher. What did she teach?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 441 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample