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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who attacked Melba at the pep rally?
(a) Three or four football player types.
(b) Five blonde cheerleader types.
(c) A red-headed girl and her friends.
(d) Andy and three other boys.

2. What two students are chosen to testify in federal court in the school integration case?
(a) Thelma and Melba.
(b) Ernest and Elizabeth.
(c) Terrence and Carlotta.
(d) Jefferson and Millijean.

3. Where did the Pattillos usually sit at church?
(a) Right of center.
(b) Left of center.
(c) In the balcony.
(d) Second row.

4. How did the Pattillos escape Andy and his friends at the store?
(a) Walking with three large sisters of the church.
(b) With a police escort.
(c) By running faster than the boys.
(d) By sneaking away.

5. Which newspaper did the segregationists tell businesses to stop advertising in?
(a) Gazette.
(b) Times.
(c) Courier.
(d) Daily News.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many double-dates had Melba and Vince enjoyed with Grandma and Mr. Claxton at the wrestling matches?

2. Who accompanied Governor Faubus to a conference with the President?

3. What was Melba's class after gym class?

4. Grandma India had Melba get involved in a project that interested her. What was it?

5. What did Melba hear when the 101st soldiers escorted the nine students inside Central High School?

(see the answer key)

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