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

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

3. What room at school did Melba sometimes avoid because it was become "the main place for them to get me"?

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

5. What did Melba hear when the 101st soldiers escorted the nine students inside Central High School?

Short Essay Questions

1. Melba felts lonely at school. Why?

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

3. Describe Little Rock's shopping district.

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

5. What was the downside to newspapers running articles about the Little Rock Nine?

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 was the "heel-walking committee"?

8. Describe Mrs. Pickwick.

9. What led to Minnijean's suspension?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The title of the book is "Warriors Don't Cry." Discuss where the title originated and describe who was a warrior in this book. Be sure to discuss their battlefield, battles and weapons.

Essay Topic 2

The white leaders of Little Rock refer to Little Rock people as "forward-thinking" and a place where white and African American people got along. These leaders thought that racism was not a problem because there hadn't been a lynching in the state for almost ten years. Melba believed the Little Rock of her youth was anything but progressive. Why did she say this? Why was there such a dichotomy in what people believed about 1950s race relations in Little Rock?

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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