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

2. Who published Melba's article?
(a) Dallas Morning News.
(b) Arkansas Gazette.
(c) Associated Press wire.
(d) New York Post.

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. Whose eyes were hidden by dark glasses, which were probably hiding the fear she felt on the first day at Central High School?
(a) Thelma.
(b) Melba.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Minnijean.

5. 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) Twenty times as many.
(c) Fifty times as many.
(d) A hundredfold.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Melba's opinion, who looked like a caramel-colored James Darin?

2. Melba had a secret copy of a magazine that she read after she and her mother returned home from unsuccessfully being admitted to Central High School. What was it?

3. What did Melba have to drink at the home of the NAACP president before talking to the press?

4. After the fire drill, who escorted Melba, Carlotta and Thelma to the restroom and cafeteria?

5. What kind of car did Vince own?

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