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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 Monopoly champ in the Pattillo household?
(a) Conrad.
(b) Grandma.
(c) Melba.
(d) The mother.

2. According the newspaper, what was the cost to taxpayers for federal troops to maintain order at Central High School?
(a) $2.5 million.
(b) $1.2 million.
(c) $3.8 million.
(d) $3.4 million.

3. What was Melba's grandma using jelly beans for?
(a) To feed the birds.
(b) To put eyes on gingerbread men.
(c) To bribe Conrad.
(d) As a reward to Melba.

4. At Christmas, how many integration lawsuits were pending in Arkansas?
(a) 6.
(b) 13.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many New Year's Resolutions did Melba make?

2. What did Grandma India nickname the two white men that watch their house?

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

4. Melba decided to "claim Saturday for her own" after her first week of school. What time did she rise?

5. What class did Melba withdraw from after Christmas due to not being able to concentrate?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happened to Melba when saluting the flag?

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

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

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

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

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