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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 offered a reward for getting the remaining Little Rock Nine expelled?
(a) The Little Rock City Council.
(b) White Citizens Council.
(c) The CHS Mothers League.
(d) The Ku Klux Klan.

2. What was the name of the professional women's sorority that held a Christmas party for the Little Rock Nine?
(a) Delta Sigma Theta.
(b) Sigma Alpha Omega.
(c) Kappa Beta Gamma.
(d) Alpha Delta Chi.

3. What was Melba's class after gym class?
(a) Shorthand.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Math.

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

5. Which of the Little Rock Nine had a bomb placed under the porch of the home?
(a) Thelma.
(b) Ernie.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Carlotta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of government officials was pressing for the removal of the 101st from Central High School?

2. Who headed the Arkansas National Guard unit at Central High School?

3. Who was invited to speak at the school's chapel?

4. Which reporter was beaten and shown in a picture with a white man riding on him piggyback?

5. Who was the soldier assigned to Melba?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What was the "heel-walking committee"?

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

4. What was President Eisenhower's response regarding Central High school integration and the mobs in Little Rock?

5. Why did Grandma India want Melba to read about Gandhi?

6. What were some of the threats that the Little Rock Nine faced in January?

7. What led to Minnijean's suspension?

8. Describe Little Rock's shopping district.

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

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

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