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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 location at Central High School was like a peaceful island to Melba?
(a) Homeroom.
(b) The exit.
(c) The cafeteria.
(d) Mrs. Pickwick's shorthand class.

2. What did Vince give Melba for her birthday?
(a) Tiny gold hoop earrings.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) A record album.

3. Who did Melba vow to forever remember in her prayers?
(a) Her guide.
(b) Gene Smith.
(c) Mrs. Huckaby.
(d) Jesse Matthews.

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

5. Why said, "I'm angry enough to hunt bear without my shotgun"?
(a) Danny.
(b) The father of a white student.
(c) The father of one of the Little Rock Nine.
(d) Superintendent Blossom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the professional women's sorority that held a Christmas party for the Little Rock Nine?

2. When Melba and Conrad were accosted at the department store, where did the mother and grandmother move them to?

3. Who did Melba compared to "cats in sunlight"?

4. What was the evening newspaper that the Pattillos sometimes read?

5. Grandma India had Melba get involved in a project that interested her. What was it?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Mrs. Pickwick.

3. 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?

4. What led to Minnijean's suspension?

5. Who was Gene Smith and what impression did Melba have of him?

6. Melba felts lonely at school. Why?

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

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

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

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

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