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

2. After Judge Davis ordered school integration to continue, what day and time did Governor Faubus remove the National Guard from Central High School?
(a) Friday evening, 6:20 p.m.
(b) Saturday at noon.
(c) Sunday at 3:15 p.m.
(d) Monday at 7:10 a.m.

3. Where did the reporters sit in the federal courtroom that the Little Rock Nine attended?
(a) In the jury box.
(b) With the Little Rock Nine.
(c) Outside of the courtroom.
(d) Behind a rope.

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

5. What did Melba have to drink at the home of the NAACP president before talking to the press?
(a) RC Cola.
(b) Vanilla Coke.
(c) Grapette Cola.
(d) Cherry Cola.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Melba's grandmother travel to Italy with during her lifetime?

2. What were the girls doing in Melba's first gym class?

3. Melba had a secret copy of a magazine that she read after she and her mother returned home from unsuccessfully being admitted to Central High School. What was it?

4. Who is Melba's secret crush?

5. Which of Melba's classes did she describe as a zoo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. Why did Melba want to meet Governor Faubus face to face?

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

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

10. What was Melba's father like and what work did he do?

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