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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 Thanksgiving tradition did the Pattillos have?
(a) Volunteering at the mission.
(b) Giving away toys and clothing.
(c) Making a donation to a charity.;
(d) Making an offering at church.

2. After the fire drill, who escorted Melba, Carlotta and Thelma to the restroom and cafeteria?
(a) Danny.
(b) Mrs. Huckaby.
(c) Mrs. Pickwick.
(d) Johnny.

3. Who held a Christmas party on the same night as Melba's sixteenth birthday party?
(a) Ann.
(b) Marsha.
(c) Faith.
(d) Kathy.

4. What class did Melba withdraw from after Christmas due to not being able to concentrate?
(a) French.
(b) Business.
(c) Shorthand.
(d) Gym.

5. What did Grandma India do when Melba stayed home sick from school in October?
(a) Let's her have a free day.
(b) Takes her temperature.
(c) Takes Melba to the doctor.
(d) Gives Melba a dose of castor oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attacked Melba at the pep rally?

2. Who was the Monopoly champ in the Pattillo household?

3. Who was the soldier assigned to Melba?

4. Which newspaper did the segregationists tell businesses to stop advertising in?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were the changes that Melba observed in her fellow students integrating into the school as the harassment continued?

4. Why wasn't Melba allowed to go to a New Years' Party with Vince?

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. Describe Little Rock's shopping district.

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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