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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Minnijean accused of calling her attackers?
(a) Hillbillies.
(b) White trash.
(c) Scum.
(d) Criminals.

2. Whose songs did Melba once want to sing at talent shows?
(a) Dinah Washington.
(b) Diana Ross.
(c) Lena Horne.
(d) Rosemary Clooney.

3. What was the name of the professional women's sorority that held a Christmas party for the Little Rock Nine?
(a) Alpha Delta Chi.
(b) Delta Sigma Theta.
(c) Sigma Alpha Omega.
(d) Kappa Beta Gamma.

4. Where did the Saturday meeting between the two factions of students take place and who was recording it?
(a) Community Center; ABC.
(b) Parish Hall of St. Andrews; NBC.
(c) Little Rock College; WWLS.
(d) Central High School; CBS.

5. State officials decided to go after NAACP officials in Arkansas. What was the fine to Mrs. Bates for not supplying information on the NAACP?
(a) $50
(b) $100.
(c) $200
(d) $150

6. What was Melba's grandma using jelly beans for?
(a) To put eyes on gingerbread men.
(b) To bribe Conrad.
(c) To feed the birds.
(d) As a reward to Melba.

7. Who offered a reward for getting the remaining Little Rock Nine expelled?
(a) White Citizens Council.
(b) The CHS Mothers League.
(c) The Ku Klux Klan.
(d) The Little Rock City Council.

8. Grandma India had Melba get involved in a project that interested her. What was it?
(a) Helping underprivileged children.
(b) Learning to dance.
(c) Writing short stories.
(d) The Explorer satellite.

9. Who was the Monopoly champ in the Pattillo household?
(a) Conrad.
(b) The mother.
(c) Melba.
(d) Grandma.

10. Who accused Melba of making "mountains out of molehills"?
(a) White students.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Principal.
(d) School office staff.

11. What Thanksgiving tradition did the Pattillos have?
(a) Making a donation to a charity.;
(b) Making an offering at church.
(c) Giving away toys and clothing.
(d) Volunteering at the mission.

12. What did Grandma India nickname the two white men that watch their house?
(a) Mutt and Jeff.
(b) Drib and drab.
(c) Abbott and Costello.
(d) The Marx Brothers.

13. What did Melba ask her diary for at Christmas time?
(a) A nice, new stepfather.
(b) An end to going to Central High School.
(c) A car.
(d) An end to the harassment.

14. What did Vince give Melba for her birthday?
(a) Tiny gold hoop earrings.
(b) A record album.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A bracelet.

15. Which of the Little Rock Nine had a bomb placed under the porch of the home?
(a) Carlotta.
(b) Thelma.
(c) Ernie.
(d) Jefferson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who held a Christmas party on the same night as Melba's sixteenth birthday party?

2. Which reporter was beaten and shown in a picture with a white man riding on him piggyback?

3. Who was angered by false accusations that Governor Faubus made against the FBI?

4. What book did Melba's English teacher assign for a book report?

5. What was the usual hot lunch on Tuesdays in the school cafeteria?

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