Warriors Don't Cry Final

Question 1

Grandma India

Answer 1

Grandma India is one of the most influential figures in Melba’s life. She is a deeply religious woman who provides Melba with a deep sense of purpose.
- It is Grandma India who tells Melba that warriors don’t cry and always gives advice for school

Question 2

Howell

Answer 2

Melba’s father, not fully apart of her life, but looks out for her and her family
- Calls Melba’s family telling them that she was chosen for integration

Question 3

Conrad

Answer 3

Melba’s younger brother.

Question 4

Mr Waylon

Answer 4

A white grocer who mainly serves black customers.
- Mr. Waylan overcharged them by twenty-two dollars. This act prompted anger from Melba’s father until Grandma India quietly commanded him not to react.

Question 5

Kowtow

Answer 5

means to bow down

Question 6

Kathy & Rhonda

Answer 6

childhood friends of melba who live on her street
- ignored her waving and give a disapproving glance, after being chosen for integration

Question 7

Brown vs Board of education

Answer 7

the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional.

Question 8

Daisy Bates

Answer 8

The state president of the NAACP in Little Rock and own the Arkansas State Press
- she was a mentor to the little rock 9
-Hosts the Thanksgiving dinner in which Melba makes a joke earning her negative attention

Question 9

Mr. Higginbottom

Answer 9

Grandma India’s shotgun

Question 10

Virgil Blossom

Answer 10

The superintendent of Little Rock’s schools.
- Despite the pleas of concerned parents and students alike, he does nothing to protect the Little Rock Nine.
- Doesn’t let the kids into school the first days

Question 11

Vince

Answer 11

Melba’s crush who later asks her to date.
- Vince brings a rose to their first date to church and dinner
- Melba and Vince have little in common in the end

Question 12

President Eisenhoower

Answer 12

President of the United States
- He demanded that Governor Faubus carry out the order of the Supreme Court to integrate Central High School without interference.

Question 13

Philander Smith

Answer 13

A community college, where the little rock nine studied while troubles with integration were arising

Question 14

Gov. Fraubus

Answer 14

The Governor of Arkansas and a segregationist.
- Faubus is against integration and does little to protect the Little Rock 9

Question 15

Minnijean

Answer 15

Melba’s closest friend in the Little Rock Nine, Minnijean lives one block away from Melba.
- Get’s suspended due to “accidentally” spilling chili on a group of boys blocking her way

Question 16

Tom Harper

Answer 16

Tom Harper, one of Governor Faubus’s attorney
- When Melba wanted to meet Gov. face to face Tom is there instead

Question 17

Mrs. Huckaby

Answer 17

The girls’ vice-principal at Central High School.
- allowed for members of the little rock nine to sit in her office if there safety was in peril
- instances in which she had told Melba/Little Rock nine that they were exaggerating about the abuse towards them

Question 18

Jess Matthews

Answer 18

The principal of Central High School.
- When meeting the Little Rock Nine has a frown towards them

Question 19

Mrs. Pickwick

Answer 19

Melba’s shorthand teacher.
- Mrs. Pickwick has kindness and sympathy toward Melba and warns hostile students against saying anything inappropriate to her.

Question 20

Gene Smith

Answer 20

The Assistant Chief of the Little Rock Police Department.
- He helps the Little Rock Nine exit school safely, escaping the angry mob.

Question 21

Thurgood Marshall

Answer 21

An attorney for the NAACP and the chief attorney in the Brown v. Board of Education case.
- Helps the Little Rock Nine integrate into CH

Question 22

Danny

Answer 22

– A soldier in the 101st Airborne Division
- He offers protection to Melba within the school,
- Inspires Melba to be like a warrior and to stand up for herself
- “Warriors Survive” he tells Melba

Question 23

Andy

Answer 23

A white student who is vicious towards Melba and constantly harasses her
- Chases her around with a switchblade

Question 24

Link

Answer 24

A white student who befriends Melba and warns her about attacks
-Helps her escape attack by giving her his car keys to drive away
-Liked Melba and when he finds out she is to marry a white man he cuts off all connections

Question 25

White Citizens Council

Answer 25

A segregationist group that worked towards getting the Little Rock Nine kicked out of school

Question 26

Meeting with the Parents

Answer 26

Tells the students to not respond to their attackers
- Does not address any of the concerns of parents/kids
- Where Mother Lois asks if they “any specific plans” to protect the children and Virgil Blossom rudely tells her it’s none of her business

Question 27

Kellie

Answer 27

Melba’s daughter who she has with her ex husband John.

Question 28

Double Deck Ice Cream

Answer 28

Where Melba returned Link’s car after receiving help to escape from her attackers

Question 29

Mutt and Jeff

Answer 29

The two men who hung outside Melba’s house during Christmas time.

Question 30

Fair Park

Answer 30

The Fourth of July Picnic (black people are to be remained in the wooded areas of the park)
- This is where Melba sneaks off to the merry-go-round

Question 31

John

Answer 31

Melba’s husband, whom she meets in college. The couple marry six months after meeting
- have one daughter together named Kellie
- John and Melba divorce after seven years together, over John not supporting Melba and his backward ideas of women’s role