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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Vince bring to Melba for their date?
(a) A box of chocolate.
(b) A single yellow rose.
(c) A handful of daisies.
(d) A dozen red roses.

3. Who told the Little Rock Nine to "complain only when something is injurious to your health, or life-threatening"?
(a) NAACP officials.
(b) National Guard.
(c) School officials.
(d) The police.

4. Who attacked Melba at the pep rally?
(a) Three or four football player types.
(b) A red-headed girl and her friends.
(c) Five blonde cheerleader types.
(d) Andy and three other boys.

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) $100.
(b) $150
(c) $200
(d) $50

6. What was the evening newspaper that the Pattillos sometimes read?
(a) Arkansas Democrat.
(b) Arkansas Gazette.
(c) Little Rock News.
(d) Little Rock Herald.

7. Who filed a civil suit against the NAACP in Arkansas?
(a) Governor Faubus.
(b) The state attorney general.
(c) An alderman.
(d) The school superintendent.

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

9. What book did Melba's English teacher assign for a book report?
(a) Little Black Sambo.
(b) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
(c) Lord Jim.
(d) Tarzan.

10. According to the Sunday newspaper, whose parents stayed up late discussing whether to allow their child to attend Central before deciding to leave the decision up to their child?
(a) Terrence (Terry).
(b) Carlotta.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Ernie.

11. What was the usual hot lunch on Tuesdays in the school cafeteria?
(a) Chili.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Chicken noodle soup.
(d) Spaghetti.

12. Who referred to Little Rock as "an occupied city"?
(a) President Eisenhower.
(b) Melba's mother.
(c) Governor Faubus.
(d) The school superintendent.

13. Who was kicked so hard that sitting down for two days was almost impossible?
(a) Melba.
(b) Thelma.
(c) Carlotta.
(d) Minnijean.

14. Why said, "I'm angry enough to hunt bear without my shotgun"?
(a) The father of one of the Little Rock Nine.
(b) Superintendent Blossom.
(c) The father of a white student.
(d) Danny.

15. Who said to Melba, "anger brings defeat"?
(a) Mrs. Btes.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Mrs. Huckaby.
(d) Grandma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Melba compared to "cats in sunlight"?

2. Who offered a reward for getting the remaining Little Rock Nine expelled?

3. Which of the Little Rock Nine had a bomb placed under the porch of the home?

4. What did Grandma India nickname the two white men that watch their house?

5. What class did Melba withdraw from after Christmas due to not being able to concentrate?

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