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

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

3. Who did Melba compared to "cats in sunlight"?
(a) White segregationists.
(b) Arkansas National Guard.
(c) Little Rock police.
(d) Central High School staff.

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

5. How many New Year's Resolutions did Melba make?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What room at school did Melba sometimes avoid because it was become "the main place for them to get me"?

3. What did Melba ask her diary for at Christmas time?

4. According the newspaper, what was the cost to taxpayers for federal troops to maintain order at Central High School?

5. Who were the federalized soldiers that inadequately protected the nine children?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happened to Melba when saluting the flag?

7. 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?

8. Melba felts lonely at school. Why?

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

10. Why did the Little Rock Nine and their families want to meet with School Superintendent Blossom, and what was the result of that meeting?

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