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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According the newspaper, what was the cost to taxpayers for federal troops to maintain order at Central High School?
(a) $1.2 million.
(b) $2.5 million.
(c) $3.4 million.
(d) $3.8 million.

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

4. What idea did Melba become obsessed with in late January of the school year?
(a) Leaving Central High School.
(b) Beating up on Andy and his friends.
(c) Wearing grown up clothing.
(d) Being dead.

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

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

7. What did Melba hear when the 101st soldiers escorted the nine students inside Central High School?
(a) Gunfire.
(b) Chants of the mob.
(c) Boots clicking on the stone.
(d) Silence.

8. 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

9. Who did Melba vow to forever remember in her prayers?
(a) Mrs. Huckaby.
(b) Jesse Matthews.
(c) Her guide.
(d) Gene Smith.

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

11. What was Melba's class after gym class?
(a) French.
(b) Math.
(c) Shorthand.
(d) English.

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

13. What did Grandma India do when Melba stayed home sick from school in October?
(a) Gives Melba a dose of castor oil.
(b) Let's her have a free day.
(c) Takes her temperature.
(d) Takes Melba to the doctor.

14. What music did Melba envision being played for her sixteenth birthday?
(a) Sweet Sixteen.
(b) Sweet Little Sixteen.
(c) Sixteen Candles.
(d) She Was Only Sixteen.

15. What song did Minnijean want to sing in the talent show?
(a) Matilda.
(b) Tammy.
(c) Donna.
(d) Peggy Sue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grandma India had Melba get involved in a project that interested her. What was it?

2. Melba decided to "claim Saturday for her own" after her first week of school. What time did she rise?

3. When Melba and Conrad were accosted at the department store, where did the mother and grandmother move them to?

4. What did Melba ask her diary for at Christmas time?

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

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