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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 nickname the two white men that watch their house?
(a) Drib and drab.
(b) The Marx Brothers.
(c) Mutt and Jeff.
(d) Abbott and Costello.

2. Who headed the Arkansas National Guard unit at Central High School?
(a) Sergeant Thomas.
(b) Colonel Carson.
(c) Admiral Daniels.
(d) General Clinger.

3. Who accused Melba of making "mountains out of molehills"?
(a) Teachers.
(b) White students.
(c) School office staff.
(d) Principal.

4. Who published Melba's article?
(a) New York Post.
(b) Arkansas Gazette.
(c) Dallas Morning News.
(d) Associated Press wire.

5. What was the usual hot lunch on Tuesdays in the school cafeteria?
(a) Chicken noodle soup.
(b) Chili.
(c) Spaghetti.
(d) Chicken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Melba's old friend Marsha call Melba?

2. What did Grandma India do when Melba stayed home sick from school in October?

3. What did Vince give Melba for her birthday?

4. Who attacked Melba at the pep rally?

5. During the time that the 101st was at Central High School, who drove the students to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mrs. Pickwick.

2. What happened to Melba when saluting the flag?

3. Melba felts lonely at school. Why?

4. What was the downside to newspapers running articles about the Little Rock Nine?

5. How did Grandma India respond to Melba's wish to be dead?

6. What happened at the official Thanksgiving dinner at Mrs. Bates' home?

7. What were some of the special "days" that the segregationists came up with to harass the Little Rock Nine?

8. What were the changes that Melba observed in her fellow students integrating into the school as the harassment continued?

9. One day in October the attacks against the students were so severe that what happened?

10. At the end of 1957, the Associated Press compiled their top stories of the year. What was the number one story and where did the story about Little Rock integration fall?

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