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Main character: Dwaine Dillard correct answers 18, centrals resident celebrity, senior, dominant
center, six foot seven, two hundred pounds, black and beautiful, smooth burnished complexion,
large dark eyes, long slender torso
Main character: Willie Frasier correct answers Teammate, senior, six foot one inch, starter at
power forward, starting quarter back, strong and aggressive, shy smile, sweet manner
Main character: John Biddle correct answers Teammate, starter, five foot eleven inches, senior,
brawny build of a weightlifter, Point guard, unofficial captain, "The magician", wink at you
persona
Main character: Roy Hunter correct answers Teammate, starter, off guard, senior, five foot ten
inches. "Could jump out of the gym", polite, soft spoken, shy, guest forward
Main character: Phil Griffin correct answers Teammate, senior, starter. Six foot one inches,
senior, weak forward, quick first step, country manner
Main Character: Vikki Dollis correct answers Pretty cheerleader and student council member
with blonde hair and sad eyes, centrals "it" girl, brains to match looks
Main character: Sue Glyn correct answers Slender brunette who was Frazier's girlfriend before
dollis, pregnant with his baby
Main character: Dr. Gaylord Moller correct answers Co-assistant principal, principal in 1971
Main character: Arthur Nelson correct answers White haired, round, bespectacled, sixty seven
years old, twenty fourth year as principal ; intimidating figure
Main Character: Warren Marquiss correct answers Forty six years old, biology teacher, varsity
basketball coach
Main character: George Wallace correct answers Son of poor dirt farmer, governor of Alabama,
created American Independent party to run for presidency
List three ways Central High School is different today compared to the late 1960s correct
answers Hallways look different
Demographics have changed
School has higher black population and smaller Jewish population
More interracial couples
How did Dr. Gaylord Moller remember 1971 at Central High school correct answers The worst
year of his career as principal - due to racial tension
, According to the prologue, what is the book about correct answers The rhythm boys
Story of Omaha Central High in 1968
What year was Omaha Central High school founded correct answers 1859
How many students were enrolled at Omaha Central High school in 1967 correct answers 2,377
students
Why was omaha Central High school considered a melting pot. Give two examples correct
answers 1/5 students were black
1/4 were Jewish
Rest were ethnic and vanilla white, Catholics and Protestants
How did Central rank among other American High schools correct answers Ranked among top
American highs schools in 1960s as measured by national merit test results and an annual
university of Chicago academic survey
What was the racial makeup of Omaha centrals faculty in the late 1960s correct answers All
white faculty minus one
From what you read, do you think principal Nelson was racist, why or why not correct answers
Opinion question
Describe Dwaine Dillard's family life and upbringing correct answers First child of Phyllis smith
and Rufus Dwaine Dillard
Moved around from a bunch of military bases as a kid
Attended the Indian hills and Marss elementary schools and was an average student in early
grades
Placed in foster home for few months when his mother was ill and father in Germany
Parents got divorced when he was ten
Went to live with dad for short period when twelve but didn't stay long
In ninth grade went back to live with dad again but returned to Omaha again
Describe what happened on July 3, 1966 and how it impacted the boys on Omaha centrals
basketball team correct answers Near north side erupted in violence, frustration, and civil
disorder
Disturbance lasted three days
Windows broken, stores looted, and gangs of youths marauded streets
New Bryant basketball center was built because believed part of the problem was that the youth
needed recreational options- worked as part time staffers
Describe warren marquiss coaching style correct answers Relax control and opened himself to
hoop improvisation
Had special way with kids
Five on five competition
