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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. What location at Central High School was like a peaceful island to Melba?
2. Why said, "You hit back every day you get through"?
3. What group of government officials was pressing for the removal of the 101st from Central High School?
4. What did Vince give Melba for her birthday?
5. What class did Melba withdraw from after Christmas due to not being able to concentrate?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why did Grandma India want Melba to read about Gandhi?
3. One day in October the attacks against the students were so severe that what happened?
4. What happened to Melba when saluting the flag?
5. What was the downside to newspapers running articles about the Little Rock Nine?
6. What items dear to Melba did she decide to give away at Thanksgiving?
7. What were the changes that Melba observed in her fellow students integrating into the school as the harassment continued?
8. Describe Mrs. Pickwick.
9. Why wasn't Melba allowed to go to a New Years' Party with Vince?
10. What was President Eisenhower's response regarding Central High school integration and the mobs in Little Rock?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
It is presented as significant that Melba was born on December 7, 1941. Explain why. What did the grandmother claim was Melba's destiny and why?
Essay Topic 2
Melba's mother stated that "we live in a country where the law and the Constitution prevail." Compare and contrast the mother's statement with the events in which the state government was battling the federal government.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the symbolism of Central High School as related to education. What else did Central High School come to symbolize?
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