Warriors Don't Cry Review

The word "unconstitutional" means...

• the act of incorporating people as equals into society, especially individuals of a different racial group

• the act or practice of keeping people or groups separate

• the most powerful legal court in the United States

• not in keeping with basic laws of the Constitution

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

The word "segregation" means...

• unexpected, strange, or mysterious

• to prevent something from happening

• having all races together

• the act or practice of keeping people or groups separate

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.RI.6.4

The word "integration" means...

• unexpected, strange, or mysterious

• to prevent something from happening

• the act of incorporating people as equals into society, especially individuals of a different racial group

• the act or practice of keeping people or groups separate

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

Melba Pattillo Beal is one of the first African American students to attend an all-white school. How many in total attended Central High School in 1957?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

The first African American students to attend an all-white school in Arkansas are also known as...

• The Supremes

• The Little Rock 9

• The Jackson 5

• The Commodores

Melba Pattillo Beals says, "I was a little concerned because many people, even those who knew me well, were staring as though I were different from them." Here Melba is telling the reader that people of "both races" were talking to one another in whispers because...

• people are shocked by the presence of the 101st

• Melba, an African American girl, will be entering an all white school in Arkansas.

• Students and soldiers are hanging out together.

• the high school in Arkansas had been attacked

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Before heading out with the 101st army division to go to the Central High School, Melba notes that "there was an eerie hush over the crowd, not unlike the way I'd seen folks behave....

• outside an event at a fair

• outside waiting to enter a sports game

• outside waiting for a birthday party.

• outside the home of someone just before a funeral

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Despite feeling the safest since integration began, Melba's mother was crying when she leaves for school because she was....

• scared about what would happen to her.

• happy about what would happen to her.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

Melba notes that she felt "Proud that I lived in a country that would go this far to bring _____________ to a Little Rock girl like me, but sad that they had to go to such great lengths." What did her country bring her?

• protection

• justice

• an army

• help

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

Days before Melba and her classmates were escorted by Sarge and the 101st to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, what had happened?

• Melba and other African American students had been attacked by a mob.

• The Arkansas National Guard had blocked the front door of the school.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.3