WorksheetsChapters 7 & 8--A Mighty Long Way
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins
How did Carlotta's participation in the integration of Central High School affect her parents? (pgs. 124, 127)
Her parents got divorced.
Her dad got laid off and had a hard time finding work.
Her dad was injured by the violence of a segregationist.
Her mom had to start working again.
Which Civil Rights figure came to Ernie's graduation? (pg. 129)
Ralph Bunche
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Roy Wilkins
Thurgood Marshall
What did the Little Rock Nine spend the summer doing after their first year at Central? (all through the chapter)
Traveling to different cities to be recognized and awarded
Attending summer school to catch up on school work
Interning with Civil Rights leaders
Attending summer camp
What did Governor Faubus do in response to the integrationists, with the new school year approaching? (pg. 142)
Organized groups of segregationists to protest
Put signs all over Little Rock displaying his opinion about integration
Shut down the 3 public high schools in Little Rock
Resigned office in frustration
How did Carlotta's family help her continue her education during her junior year? (pgs. 145, 149, 154)
By sending her to Kansas City to attend school for the whole year
By enrolling her in correspondence courses
By sending her to Cleveland to stay with a family and take classes for a while
By sending her to Chicago to attend summer school
How did the segregationists respond to the school closures for the 1958-1959 school year? (pg. 145)
By opening their own whites-only school
By enrolling their children in correspondence courses
By letting their children get part-time jobs until school opened the next year
By protesting so Faubus would reopen schools
What did Carlotta observe that was different about Washington, D.C. than the other cities she visited that summer? (139)
It had more monuments.
The prices were more expensive.
It was segregated.
More famous people lived there than the other cities.
Who did Carlotta say was her personal hero and her favorite person out of everyone that she met that summer? (pg. 140)
Thurgood Marshall
Lena Horne
Dinah Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Why did Mrs. Bates ask the remaining "Little Rock 9" students to stay in town instead of going elsewhere for the school year? (pg. 143)
She thought their parents needed the support of their children.
She said they might be needed in court.
She said she wanted them to wait and see if the school would open up.
She said she wanted them to finish what they started.
Even though the public high schools were closed, what went on as scheduled? (pg. 144)
Weekly protests
The school dances that had been scheduled
High school football season
Weekend parties at students' houses
How was Carlotta able to enjoy music in Chicago during her summer school stay? (pgs. 157, 158, 159)
By watching Dinah Washington at the Roberts Show Lounge
By attending the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Chicago Stadium
By getting a job at the record store she passed every day
By stopping at a nearby record shop on the way home from school
Since the others had either graduated elsewhere or moved, who was the only other member of the original Little Rock 9 to go back to school with Carlotta during her senior year? (pg. 160)
Jefferson
Minniejean
Melba
Gloria
Who walked with Jefferson up the stairs of Central High School on the first day of school since Carlotta was still finishing summer school and couldn't be there? (pg. 162)
Minniejean
Melba
Terrence
Elizabeth
Carlotta writes that 60 black students applied to attend white high schools when they reopened, but only how many were accepted? (pg. 160)
10
8
5
2
What did the new police chief, Eugene G. Smith, do when the segregationist crowd in front of Central got unruly on the first day of school of Carlotta's senior year? (pg. 161)
Ordered firemen to open their hoses on them
Joined in the protest and participated in the unruly behavior
Arrested about 2 dozen people
Threatened to have everyone arrested if they didn't go home
