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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who held a Christmas party on the same night as Melba's sixteenth birthday party?
(a) Faith.
(b) Marsha.
(c) Kathy.
(d) Ann.

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

3. After the fire drill, who escorted Melba, Carlotta and Thelma to the restroom and cafeteria?
(a) Mrs. Pickwick.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Mrs. Huckaby.
(d) Danny.

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

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

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

7. Where was the Arkansas governor's retreat?
(a) Sea Island, Georgia.
(b) Padres Island, Texas.
(c) Florida Keys.
(d) Hilton Head, South Carolina.

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

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

10. What was Melba stabbed in the back with?
(a) A knife.
(b) A sharp stick.
(c) A pencil.
(d) A wrought iron flag pole.

11. What was Melba considering trading to her brother for Christmas?
(a) Her Elvis record.
(b) Her bedroom.
(c) Her bicycle.
(d) Use of her stereo.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Melba hear when the 101st soldiers escorted the nine students inside Central High School?

2. Who accused Melba of making "mountains out of molehills"?

3. Why said, "You hit back every day you get through"?

4. What was Minnijean accused of calling her attackers?

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

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