Warriors Don’t Cry Quizzes

Warriors Don't Cry Quiz Chapters 1 - 11

1 What event in 1987 gave Beals hope for the future of race relations in America?
Teddy Seymour becomes first black man to sail around the world

Aretha Franklin is inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame

A family of a man murdered by the KKK are awarded $7 million in damages.

Little Rock unveils statues of the Little Rock Nine, and white and black residents celebrate together
2 Why is the ceremony honoring the Little Rock Nine ironic?
Governor Clinton's family opposed integration, but as an adult he honors the Little Rock Nine

The statues are raised on a spot where the students "could have been hanged"

No white people attend the ceremony

The ceremony is held at Little Rock Central, a place of great trauma for the Little Rock Nine
3 How does Melba Beals describe her understanding of race as a child?
By age three, she understood what racism was and became anxious over it

She was afraid of white people, but she didn't know why

She knew what racism was intellectually, but never experienced it firsthand

She "didn't see color," and had friends of every race
4 How does Grandma India counsel Melba to deal with segregation?
She affirms that Melba is "just as worthy as anyone else"

She instructs Melba to "tell God all about it"

She warns Melba "not to speak up about it"

She encourages Melba to "resist injustice"
5 Why does Melba feel racism steals "a teaspoonful of your self-esteem each day"?
Melba cannot enjoy television shows or books, because all popular culture features racist jokes

Because the institutions meant to protect Melba are racist, she cannot safely stand up for herself

Since Horace Mann and Central High are next to each other, Melba has to see inequality every day

Because of her own childhood experices, Mother Lois feels Melba shouldn't get an education
6 Why do Melba's parents divorce?
Mother Lois resents that her husband cannot defend her from the white men who harass her

Melba's father refuses to complete his college education and get a better-paying job

Their relationship cannot take the stress of Melba integrating Central High

Melba's father does not want Grandma India to live with them
7 How does Melba feel about her neighborhood before she integrates Little Rock Central High?
She resents living in a tightly-knit community with little privacy

It is a safe place where she can be herself

It is a dangerous place that she wants to escape

She wishes it was more glamorous, like Cincinnati
8 Why does Melba leave school early on the day Brown v. Board of Education is decided?
Melba is now required to attend the white school closer to her home

Her teacher is afraid the students will be targets of racial violence

Melba cannot wait to tell her mother the good news

Melba gets sick from worrying over the decision
9 Why doesn't Melba's family report the attempted rape to the police?
The police are racist and might harm Melba further

They do not believe Melba

If they explain how Melba escaped, the police will apprehend Marissa for assaulting a white man

Melba's father wants to take revenge on the rapist
10 What activity ignites Melba's passion for writing?
Reading Shakespeare with Grandma India

Helping Mother Lois create lesson plans

Winning a prize for a poem she wrote

Drafting letters to God in her diary
11 Why does Melba initially sign up to integrate Central High?
She knows Grandma India will be proud of her if she "fights for justice"

She wants to "stick it to" the white children who bully her

She values education and knows Central High is a prestigious school

She is told all selected students get to meet Thurgood Marshall, her role model
12 Why does Melba want to move to Cincinnati?
Her friend Minnijean moves to Cincinnati to escape racial violence

After the divorce, her father moves to Cincinnati, and she wants her family to be united

She is selected to integrate Cincinnati Central High

Being in an integrated society relieves her fear of racism, which she experiences daily in Little Rock
13 Why do members of Melba's community react negatively to the news of integration?
They resent the constant presence of news reporters and police in the city

They feel Melba's attitude makes her a bad representative for the community

They are jealous their children were not selected

They know segregationists will target all Black folks, not just the Little Rock Nine
14 In addition to fears for her safety, why does Melba worry about integrating Central High?
Her friends spread rumors she is going to Central to date a white boy

She worries she will not be able to compete academically with students from well-funded schools

Her boyfriend, Vince, threatens to break up with her if she goes to Central High

She has a heart condition that is exacerbated by stress
15 Why does Mother Lois slap Melba for the first and only time in her life?
Melba says God can't be real, since horrible things are happening to her

Melba refuses to leave the mob without Mother Lois, which could get her killed

Melba sneaks out to meet Vince, putting herself in grave danger

Melba talks back to Grandma India, who opposes integration
16 Why is Elizabeth Eckford put in more danger than the rest of the Little Rock Nine?
She is biracial, making her particularly hated by segregationists

Since she doesn't have a phone, she shows up to school alone

She has a severe heart condition that is triggered by stress

Her mother runs the Arkansas State Press, a Civil Rights newspaper
17 How do news outlets put Melba in danger?
They broadcast a speech by Orval Faubus where he encourages segregationists to "use force" to prevent integration

They refuse to play an emergency message from President Eisenhower

They leak the Nine's names and home addresses

They encourage the police to patrol Black neighborhoods
18 Why are the Little Rock Nine brought to court?
To watch Orval Faubus's federal trial

To overturn Daisy Bate's arrest

To testify about their experiences on the first day of school

To defend themselves against accusations that they are part of a "communist group"
19 Why does Melba begin to resent integration?
News reporters take her words out of context to make her look foolish

It becomes too dangerous for her to leave the house

Grandma India becomes stricter

Vince breaks up with her
20 How does the school administration respond to the Little Rock Nine's complaints of violence and harassment?
Most listen sympathetically but are unable to do much without an adult witness

They join in on the harassment and call the children slurs

They meticulously document every incident for the NAACP

Most ignore the complaints or blame the Nine for antagonizing white students
21 Why do the Little Rock Nine leave school early?
President Eisenhower issues an executive order delaying integration

They are suspended for fighting back against bullies

They begin to feel ill, as other students poison their food

The mob breaks onto school property to murder them
22 Why does the federal government get involved with the Little Rock Crisis?
Popular opinion calls for Eisenhower to resign if he doesn't enforce the law

Arkansas threatens to secede from the United States if Eisenhower doesn't get involved

A state governor defying federal orders and allowing mob rule makes the nation look weak

President Eisenhower is a Civil Rights leader and morally appalled by Governor Faubus
23 How do the other Central High students initially react to the Little Rock Nine?
They treat the nine like any other students

They welcome the nine and show them around campus

They ignore the nine and refuse to speak with them

They threaten and harass the nine during all hours of the school day
24 Why doesn't Orval Faubus attend his own hearing?
He knows if he "sees the nine in person" he will be moved to sympathy

He "refuses to be tried in an integrated room"

Without money for bail, he "skips town rather than face his day in court"

He believes that as governor, he "does not have to appear to answer a summons"
25 Why is Melba afraid to testify in court?
The NAACP tells her not to complain, but Melba is incensed over her mistreatment

To testify, she will have to remove her sunglasses, showing the court she has been crying

She promised Mother Lois she would never tell what really happened on the first day of school

She is not a very good public speaker

How does Mr. Blossom tell the kids to respond to bullying?

Superintendent Virgil Blossom instructs the nine students not to respond to abuse in order to "keep the peace."

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When the students are in the courtroom, what happens to Thelma Mothershed?

Thelma Mothershed, who has a heart condition, begins to turn blue and struggles to breathe which reflects her medical condition.

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The narrator and author, explains that the group, called the Little Rock Nine, is visiting Central High School in Little Rock. As teenagers in 1957, the nine of them were the first Black students to be integrated into the school. There was...

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Warriors Don't Cry

by Melba Beals

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