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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 did Melba's grandmother travel to Italy with during her lifetime?
(a) No one - she went by herself.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her employer.
(d) Her father.

2. Who was Mrs. Huckaby?
(a) Central High Vice-Principal for girls.
(b) One of the mothers of the white students.
(c) A teacher.
(d) The mother of one of the Little Rock Nine.

3. What were the girls doing in Melba's first gym class?
(a) Calisthenics.
(b) Volleyball.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Tumbling.

4. How many students were chosen to integrate the Little Rock High School?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Nine.

5. Who sends a telegram to the governor and expects full cooperation for integration?
(a) Thurgood Marshall.
(b) Director of the FBI.
(c) President Eisenhower.
(d) Bill Clinton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What historic event happened on the day the author was born?

2. What was the "sole voice" of Little Rock's African American community in 1957?

3. What does "amicus curiae" mean in "Warriors Don't Cry"?

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?

5. Who was Ike?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the boys who were part of the integration effort?

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

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

4. What did Melba do before she got in her mother's car for the first day of school at Central High School in Little Rock?

5. How did Melba arrive to Central High School on her third attempt?

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

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

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

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

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

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