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What...?
Where...?
When...?
Vocabulary
100
The author of the book, "Warriors Don't Cry"
Who is Melba?
100
This is grandma's definition of "warrior"
What is "warriors don't cry because God is always looking out for you"?
100
The town the Melba lives in
What is Little Rock?
100
Melba's schoolday starts at this time
What is 7:30?
100
Writing that is fake
What is "fiction"?
200
The member of the Little Rock Nine who tries to enter school by herself
Who is Elizabeth Eckford?
200
The reason why Melba almost died as a baby
What is medical malpractice (surgeon damaged her head during birth, and nurses refused to give her her treatment)?
200
Where Ms. Huckaby works
What is Central High School?
200
Melba's age when she began integrating Central High School
What is 16?
200
The idea held by whites. that people of a different skin color than should be separated from white people
What is "segregation"?
300
The soldier who guards Melba in school
Who is Danny?
300
"Warriors Don't Cry" is an example of this type of book
What is nonfiction/an autobiography/a memoir?
300
The name of the state Melba lives in (must be pronounced correctly!)
What is Arkansas?
300
Melba's age when she was refused entrance onto the merry-go-round
What is 5?
300
Bringing different groups of people together
What is "integration"?
400
The president of the Arkansas chapter of the NAACP
Who is Ms. Bates?
400
Melba lies during an interview and says that, when a girl slapped her in the hallway, she said this:
What is "Thank you"?
400
Where Mr. Waylan works
What is the grocery store?
400
The Brown vs. Board of Education ruling, which happened in this year, overruled the doctrine of "separate but equal"
What is 1957?
400
Hating someone because they are of a different race than you
What is "racism"?
500
The policeman who helped the Little Rock Nine escape on their first day
Who is Gene Smith?
500
This was allowed under the ruling of Plessy vs. Ferguson
What is the doctrine of "separate but equal"?
500
When Melba's friend asks, Grandma restricts her from going to this location at night
What is the community center?
500
The ruling of Plessy vs. Fergusson, which happened in this year, made the doctrine of "separate but equal" legal
What is 1876?
500
To put to death by mob action, illegally
What is "lynch"?
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