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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who told Melba that she wasn't a quitter?
(a) Mrs. Bates.
(b) Thurgood Marshall.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her brother.

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

4. What was Melba worried would be swept under the carpet for her "grandchildren to retrieve"?
(a) Her chance for a career.
(b) School integration.
(c) An end to racism.
(d) Her social life.

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

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

7. How many double-dates had Melba and Vince enjoyed with Grandma and Mr. Claxton at the wrestling matches?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

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

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

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

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

12. How many students were chosen to integrate the Little Rock High School?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Nine.
(d) Twelve.

13. Who was Mr. Higgenbottom?
(a) An imaginary friend.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) The shotgun.
(d) A male friend of Grandma's.

14. Which of the Little Rock Nine started to turn blue after entering the Central High office?
(a) Thelma.
(b) Melba.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Millijean.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Mrs. Huckaby?

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

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

4. Where was Melba instructed to go if anyone broke into their house?

5. Who did Melba know who graduated from college in 1954?

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