Who is Melba's secret crush?
Vince
What happened to Melba's Easter dress when she wore it to school?
It is sprayed with ink
Who did Melba vow to forever remember in her prayers?
Gene Smith
Who told Melba to stay away from the window on the first day in school?
Mrs. Pickwick
Who looked like "spectators at a sports event" when Melba arrives at school on October 1?
Arkansas National Guard.
What was Melba's class after gym class?
French
Who told Link that he was going to get himself into "a heap of trouble"?
Nana Healey.
What prestigious awards did the Arkansas Gazette win?
Pulitizer prizes.
After the fire drill, who escorted Melba, Carlotta and Thelma to the restroom and cafeteria?
Mrs. Huckaby
How did the Little Rock Nine get out of the school when the mob threatens to overrun the school?
Through a basement garage
What did Melba ask her diary for at Christmas time?
A nice, new stepfather
Who headed the Arkansas National Guard unit at Central High School?
General Clinger
What group of government officials was pressing for the removal of the 101st from Central High School?
Southern governors
By March, how was the hostility toward the remaining integrating students expressed most often?
By physical means
Who came looking for Melba at Central High with a red face and a frown?
Her guide
Which newspaper did the segregationists tell businesses to stop advertising in?
Gazette.
Where did Melba return the car she took to escape Andy?
Double Deck Ice Cream
What book did Melba's English teacher assign for a book report?
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
What item did Melba give up for Lent?
Grapette colas
Who was the reporter who first wrote about Melba's mother losing her job?
Mr. Reed
What did Melba hear when the 101st soldiers escorted the nine students inside Central High School?
Boots clicking on the stone
What did Vince give Melba for her birthday?
Tiny gold hoop earrings
Who replaced Judge Davies in the Little Rock integration case?
Judge Harper.
What was the name of the professional women's sorority that held a Christmas party for the Little Rock Nine?
Delta Sigma Theta
Which of Melba's classes did she describe as a zoo?
Study hall
Melba wants a career in what?
Journalism
After Minnijean is expelled she goes to school in where?
New York
You don't associate what with Central High?
justice
Why is Cincinnati,Ohio important in the novel?
Melba and the family were treated as equals by whites
Why is the torture chamber (Central High) important in the novel?
It is the school attended by the Little Rock Nine in 1956, the first school in Arkansas to be integrated as a result of the U.S. Supreme court ruling in the case of Brown vs. The Board of Education
Why was Governor Orville important in the novel?
He is the Governor of Arkansas in 1957. He gives order to keep African-American students out of Central High and orders Arkansas National Guardsmen to prevent the Little Rock 9 from entering the school
Why was Thurgood Marshall important in the novel?
He was the lawyer who argues on the behalf of Linda Brown in the Brown vs. Board of Education. As chief counsel for the NAACP, Marshall supports the Little Rock Nine's efforts to integrate their school.
Why is Nana Healey important in the novel?
She is Link's nanny from Childhood. Nana Healey is black, and Link has a very close relationship with her.
Why is Melba's 16th birthday party important?
Only Vince shows up and Melba learns her old friends don't want to be near her. to add to the insult of only one friend coming to the party, one of the friends from Horace Mann is having a Christmas party on that same night and everyone but Melba was invi
Why is Graduation Day 1958 important in the novel?
Melba is upset when Mother Lois says that none of the other black students are not allowed to attend graduation or the commencement dinner