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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What did Melba recite to herself to keep her focus?
(a) The Lord's Prayer.
(b) A nursery rhyme.
(c) The Gettysburg Address.
(d) Lyrics to her favorite song.

7. Who published Melba's article?
(a) Associated Press wire.
(b) Arkansas Gazette.
(c) Dallas Morning News.
(d) New York Post.

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

9. Melba decided to "claim Saturday for her own" after her first week of school. What time did she rise?
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) 6 a.m.
(c) 4 a.m.
(d) 8 a.m.

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

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

12. At Christmas, how many integration lawsuits were pending in Arkansas?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 13.
(d) 6.

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

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

15. During the time that the 101st was at Central High School, who drove the students to school?
(a) Danny.
(b) The Little Rock police.
(c) Mrs. Bates.
(d) Sare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who replaced Judge Davies in the Little Rock integration case?

2. What group of government officials was pressing for the removal of the 101st from Central High School?

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

4. How did the Little Rock Nine get out of the school when the mob threatens to overrun the school?

5. Who told the mobs in Little Rock that they must cease and desist?

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