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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Melba have to drink at the home of the NAACP president before talking to the press?
(a) Grapette Cola.
(b) RC Cola.
(c) Vanilla Coke.
(d) Cherry Cola.

2. What type of shoes did Melba wear to school?
(a) Sneakers.
(b) Saddle shoes.
(c) Boots.
(d) Sandals.

3. Where was Judge Davies from?
(a) Fargo, North Dakota.
(b) Kansas City, Missouri.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

4. On the first day that the Little Rock Nine attended Central High School classes, the crowd outside the school outnumbered the police by about how much?
(a) Ten times as many.
(b) A hundredfold.
(c) Twenty times as many.
(d) Fifty times as many.

5. Who was the Arkansas president of the NAACP in 1957?
(a) Marjorie Williams.
(b) Daisy Bates.
(c) Ed Claxton.
(d) Wiley Branton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Melba's mother was a teacher. What did she teach?

2. What did Vince bring to Melba for their date?

3. Who was the attorney that worked on Brown v. Board of Education and who also asked the Federal District Court on behalf of the NAACP to start integration in Little Rock immediately?

4. At age four, what did Melba do in her Indian Head tablet?

5. What room at school did Melba sometimes avoid because it was become "the main place for them to get me"?

(see the answer key)

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