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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Mrs. Huckaby?

2. Who sends a telegram to the governor and expects full cooperation for integration?

3. In Melba's opinion, who looked like a caramel-colored James Darin?

4. Melba's mother was a teacher. What did she teach?

5. What record albums did Melba play for romantic daydreaming?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Grandma India do and say to Melba after the attempted rape?

2. Why did Mrs. Bates shush Melba in Chapter Nine?

3. What happened when Melba called her friend Marsha on a Friday night?

4. Who was the first judge who ruled on the integration case in Little Rock? What was his background?

5. What did Melba do before she got in her mother's car for the first day of school at Central High School in Little Rock?

6. When the author arrived for the 1987 reunion, what was the most astounding evidence that things had changed?

7. What happened when Melba and her mother leave their neighborhood for Central High School?

8. Describe the federal courtroom that Melba and the other eight students visited.

9. Why was Grandma India hanging a picture on the wall above the television?

10. What was Melba's first impression of the inside of Central High School?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the most enduring images from Little Rock's Central High School was the very first day when Elizabeth Eckford, a young, small girl, was surrounded by angry, yelling white people. Find a copy of this image and write about how it makes you feel.

Essay Topic 2

A reporter for the New York Post asked Melba if she would like to be white. Discuss why this question made her angry, and why she chose to answer as she did.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the effect of the experiences at Central High upon the Little Rock Nine as adults.

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