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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. What did Grandma India hit to scare off the men shooting at them?
(a) Someone's hat.
(b) A tire.
(c) A trash burner.
(d) A metal trash can.

2. In 1954, what was the population of Little Rock and of that number, how many were African American?
(a) 107,300. Of that number, about 30,000 are African Americans.
(b) 105,800. Of that number, about 40,000 are African Americans.
(c) 109,600. Of that number, about 17,000 are African Americans.
(d) 102,400. Of that number, about 25,000 are African Americans.

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

4. Who told Melba to "make this day the best you can" on the day the 101st took her to school?
(a) Mrs. Bates.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her minister.

5. What places did Melba's father talk about where African American men were treated equal?
(a) North Dakota and Pennsylvania.
(b) Paris, France and New York.
(c) Massachusetts and California.
(d) Illinois and Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the date that the Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education?

2. At age four, what did Melba do in her Indian Head tablet?

3. Where did the reporters sit in the federal courtroom that the Little Rock Nine attended?

4. Who told Melba "a true warrior does not give up"?

5. Who was Conrad?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Little Rock Nine get to school on their second attempt?

2. What did Grandma India do and say to Melba after the attempted rape?

3. What did Melba do with her time on the first day of school after she was forced to return home?

4. What happened when Melba called her friend Marsha on a Friday night?

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

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

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

8. Why was Grandma India hanging a picture on the wall above the television?

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

10. Who came to the Pattillo house the day after the first attempt at integration?

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