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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 record albums did Melba play for romantic daydreaming?
(a) Elvis Presley and Sam Cooke.
(b) Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr.
(c) Nat King Cole and Johnny Mathis.
(d) Richie Valens and Little Richard.

2. Who was the other member of the Little Rock Nine who shared Melba's enjoyment of singing?
(a) Carolotta.
(b) Minnijean.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Thelma.

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

4. Which prominent Little Rock official defies the governor's stance on opposing integration?
(a) The head of the National Guard.
(b) The Little Rock Mayor.
(c) The Little Rock Representative.
(d) The Central High School principal.

5. Who was Virgil Blossom?
(a) U.S. District Attorney.
(b) Chairman of the School Board.
(c) The Little Rock school superintendent.
(d) Little Rock Mayor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Ike?

2. Who spoke with a "quick New York accent overlying a slight Southern drawl"?

3. What type of shoes did Melba wear to school?

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

5. Who said that "integration is no fun"?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What was Melba's first impression of the inside of Central High School?

4. Describe the other girls who integrated into Central High School with Melba.

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Grandma India's bedroom.

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

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