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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Arkansas president of the NAACP in 1957?
(a) Wiley Branton.
(b) Ed Claxton.
(c) Daisy Bates.
(d) Marjorie Williams.

2. What was Melba worried would be swept under the carpet for her "grandchildren to retrieve"?
(a) Her chance for a career.
(b) Her social life.
(c) School integration.
(d) An end to racism.

3. Where was Melba instructed to go if anyone broke into their house?
(a) Ninth Street.
(b) Memphis Avenue.
(c) Neighbor's house.
(d) The church up the street.

4. Who was the attorney that worked on Brown v. Board of Education and who also asked the Federal District Court on behalf of the NAACP to start integration in Little Rock immediately?
(a) Mary Thomason.
(b) Thurgood Marshall.
(c) Clara Luper.
(d) Ralph Abernathy.

5. Whose eyes were hidden by dark glasses, which were probably hiding the fear she felt on the first day at Central High School?
(a) Melba.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Minnijean.
(d) Thelma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Melba that she wasn't a quitter?

2. Who told Melba to stay away from the window on the first day in school?

3. Melba's mother was a teacher. What did she teach?

4. Which prominent Little Rock official defies the governor's stance on opposing integration?

5. Who did Melba know who graduated from college in 1954?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the first judge who ruled on the integration case in Little Rock? What was his background?

2. After two days stuck at home and not being allowed to go to school, what does Melba vow to do?

3. What happened when Melba's dad visited after her first visit to school. Explain what happened.

4. What happened to Elizabeth when she couldn't get into the school on the first day?

5. When the author arrived for the 1987 reunion, what was the most astounding evidence that things had changed?

6. Describe Grandma India's bedroom.

7. Why did Mrs. Bates shush Melba in Chapter Nine?

8. What was Melba's disguise and why did she think she needed it for the wrestling match? Was she successful?

9. What happened when Melba and her mother leave their neighborhood for Central High School?

10. Describe the federal courtroom that Melba and the other eight students visited.

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