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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. After the fire drill, who escorted Melba, Carlotta and Thelma to the restroom and cafeteria?
2. What did Grandma India nickname the two white men that watch their house?
3. What was Melba stabbed in the back with?
4. Who attacked Melba at the pep rally?
5. Who told the Little Rock Nine to "complain only when something is injurious to your health, or life-threatening"?
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. Describe Little Rock's shopping district.
3. What was the "heel-walking committee"?
4. What happened to Melba when saluting the flag?
5. Why did the Little Rock Nine and their families want to meet with School Superintendent Blossom, and what was the result of that meeting?
6. Who was Gene Smith and what impression did Melba have of him?
7. What was the downside to newspapers running articles about the Little Rock Nine?
8. What were the changes that Melba observed in her fellow students integrating into the school as the harassment continued?
9. What was President Eisenhower's response regarding Central High school integration and the mobs in Little Rock?
10. What damage did the white mob do after Melba and the other students left the school after their first day inside?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss Melba's relationship with her father. Be certain to include how their relationship changed as she grew older and his role in her integrating into the high school.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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