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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 music did Melba envision being played for her sixteenth birthday?

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

3. What did Grandma India do when Melba stayed home sick from school in October?

4. Who accused Melba of making "mountains out of molehills"?

5. Who was angered by false accusations that Governor Faubus made against the FBI?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

6. What happened to Melba when saluting the flag?

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

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

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

10. What were some of the special "days" that the segregationists came up with to harass the Little Rock Nine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the students presented in "Warriors Don't Cry" grew up in a hurry. Choose one person from the book and write about his or her loss of innocence.

Essay Topic 2

Although Melba and her family expected the white people to be against the efforts at integration, they were surprised to find that many people in their own community also disapproved of their actions. Explain why this is.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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