Warriors Don't Cry Ch 8-12

Why wasn't Melba invited to her friend Marsha's pajama party?

• She had to go to church with her Grandmother

• It was a school night

• She already had plans with her boyfriend

• Her friends were afraid segregationists would attack their homes.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Where was Grandma India going that Melba could not?

• Bible Study group

• The wrestling matches

• The store at the center of town

• A meeting with the NAACP

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How were the nine students chosen to attend Central High School?

• The entered their names into a lottery

• They were nominated by leaders of the NAACP

• They wrote essays explaining why they wanted to go to Central High

• They were chosen based on scholarship, personal conduct, and health.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What had Governor Faubus predicted if the nine students were allowed to integrate Central High School?

• The school would shut down

• Arkansas would succeed from the nation

• Blood would run in the streets of Little Rock

• The National Guard would stop the students from entering.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

How did Mayor Woodrow Mann feel about integration and the Governor's attempts to stop it?

• He firmly supported the Governor

• He would continue to defy the Governor because he believed the Governor was in the wrong by opposing the fed. government.

• He felt the nine students should stay in black schools away from white students

• He believed integration went against the Bible.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What had happened to Melba on her first day at CHS as she climbed the stairs to her homeroom?

• Someone slapped her face and spit on her

• Students clapped in admiration of her bravery

• Someone pushed her down a flight of stairs

• Someone stole her books and threw them out the window

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Why did Melba's gym teacher suddenly demand that Melba get inside the school?

• There was a gunman outside

• A group of angry mothers had jumped over the fence and were running toward Melba

• Melba did not hear the bell ring and was late to her next class

• The gym teacher refused to allow a black student into her class.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What was the plan that one of the school officials came up with to get the students out of the school because the mob had broken through the barricades?

• Call the National Guard for protection

• Lock the students in a classroom to keep the mob from getting them.

• Go through a secret tunnel in the basement of the school

• Let the mob have one of the students in order to distract the mob so the others could get out.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who is Gene Smith?

• The school principal

• A lawyer for the NAACP

• A teacher

• Assistant Chief of the Little Rock Police Department

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What was the order President Eisenhower issued to Governor Faubus?

• The President ordered the Governor to resign from office

• The President will order Federal troops to Central High School

• To do whatever is necessary to keep the black students out of Central High School

• To arrest any black student who tries to enter the school.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1