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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 the soldier assigned to Melba?
(a) Jerry.
(b) Cooper.
(c) Andy.
(d) Danny.

2. What did Melba call the bad boys who copied their hairstyle from James Dean and Elvis?
(a) Hoodlum.
(b) Sideburners.
(c) Greasers.
(d) Thugs.

3. Why said, "You hit back every day you get through"?
(a) Melba's mother.
(b) Mrs. Bates.
(c) Mrs. Huckaby.
(d) Grandma.

4. What did Melba hear when the 101st soldiers escorted the nine students inside Central High School?
(a) Gunfire.
(b) Chants of the mob.
(c) Silence.
(d) Boots clicking on the stone.

5. Who attacked Melba at the pep rally?
(a) Three or four football player types.
(b) Five blonde cheerleader types.
(c) A red-headed girl and her friends.
(d) Andy and three other boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was kicked so hard that sitting down for two days was almost impossible?

2. After the unsuccessful meeting with the school superintendent, what door did the students take to enter Central High School?

3. Who held a Christmas party on the same night as Melba's sixteenth birthday party?

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

5. Whose songs did Melba once want to sing at talent shows?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What items dear to Melba did she decide to give away at Thanksgiving?

3. What damage did the white mob do after Melba and the other students left the school after their first day inside?

4. Who participated in the heart-to-heart talk with hard core school segregationists? Did the talk help?

5. Melba felts lonely at school. Why?

6. Why didn't anyone but Vince show up at Melba's Sixteenth birthday party?

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

8. What happened when acid is thrown in Melba's eyes? What was the result?

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

10. Describe Little Rock's shopping district.

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