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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. 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?
(a) Teen Beat.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) True Romance.
(d) True Confessions.

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

5. Who said, "Are you under lock and key the way I am"?
(a) Melba.
(b) Minnijean.
(c) Carlotta.
(d) Thelma.

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

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

8. 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. Beals.
(b) Mrs. Convers.
(c) Mrs. Floyd.
(d) Melba's father.

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

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

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

12. Whose eyes were hidden by dark glasses, which were probably hiding the fear she felt on the first day at Central High School?
(a) Minnijean.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Thelma.
(d) Melba.

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

14. Who does Grandma describe as "smart like a fox"?
(a) Judge Davies.
(b) President Eisenhower.
(c) Governor Faubus.
(d) Thurgood Marshall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the attorney that worked on Brown v. Board of Education and who also asked the Federal District Court on behalf of the NAACP to start integration in Little Rock immediately?

2. Which of Melba's classes did she describe as a zoo?

3. Who said that "integration is no fun"?

4. What street was Central High School located on?

5. What was supposed to be the first day of school for Melba in 1957?

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