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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What street was Central High School located on?
(a) Fifteenth Street.
(b) Ninth Avenue.
(c) Main Street.
(d) Park Street.

2. Who was angered by false accusations that Governor Faubus made against the FBI?
(a) President Eisenhower.
(b) J. Edgar Hoover.
(c) Grandma.
(d) Danny.

3. What did Grandma India do when Melba stayed home sick from school in October?
(a) Let's her have a free day.
(b) Gives Melba a dose of castor oil.
(c) Takes Melba to the doctor.
(d) Takes her temperature.

4. Who referred to Little Rock as "an occupied city"?
(a) The school superintendent.
(b) President Eisenhower.
(c) Governor Faubus.
(d) Melba's mother.

5. Which of the Little Rock Nine started to turn blue after entering the Central High office?
(a) Millijean.
(b) Thelma.
(c) Melba.
(d) Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Melba worried would be swept under the carpet for her "grandchildren to retrieve"?

2. What was the popular name of the 101st Airborne Division?

3. Who was the Monopoly champ in the Pattillo household?

4. Which reporter was beaten and shown in a picture with a white man riding on him piggyback?

5. What incident brought the 101st soldiers back on a Thursday?

(see the answer key)

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