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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of shoes did Melba wear to school?
(a) Boots.
(b) Sandals.
(c) Saddle shoes.
(d) Sneakers.

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

3. Which of Melba's classes did she describe as a zoo?
(a) Study hall.
(b) English.
(c) French class.
(d) Typing.

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

5. 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?
(a) Ralph Abernathy.
(b) Mary Thomason.
(c) Thurgood Marshall.
(d) Clara Luper.

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

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

8. Who did Melba know who graduated from college in 1954?
(a) Melba's preacher.
(b) Melba's father.
(c) Melba's best friend.
(d) Melba's mother.

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

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

11. Who did the author meet on the 30th anniversary of Little Rock integration that her brother referred to as "good people"?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) Orval Faubus.
(c) Eisenhower's daughter.
(d) Winthrop Rockefeller.

12. Who was Virgil Blossom?
(a) U.S. District Attorney.
(b) Chairman of the School Board.
(c) Little Rock Mayor.
(d) The Little Rock school superintendent.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who spoke with a "quick New York accent overlying a slight Southern drawl"?

3. Who accompanied Governor Faubus to a conference with the President?

4. Who came looking for Melba at Central High with a red face and a frown?

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

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