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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) Saddle shoes.
(b) Boots.
(c) Sandals.
(d) Sneakers.

2. What room number was Melba's homeroom?
(a) 339.
(b) 314.
(c) 112.
(d) 201.

3. Which prominent Little Rock official defies the governor's stance on opposing integration?
(a) The Little Rock Mayor.
(b) The head of the National Guard.
(c) The Central High School principal.
(d) The Little Rock Representative.

4. What type of car did Melba's mother drive in 1957?
(a) Green Pontiac.
(b) White Ford.
(c) Brown Chevy.
(d) Blue Chrysler.

5. Where did the Saturday meeting between the two factions of students take place and who was recording it?
(a) Little Rock College; WWLS.
(b) Parish Hall of St. Andrews; NBC.
(c) Central High School; CBS.
(d) Community Center; ABC.

Short Answer Questions

1. What places did Melba's father talk about where African American men were treated equal?

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

3. What did Grandma India do when Melba stayed home sick from school in October?

4. Who yelled to Melba, "Now you've had your lesson. You don't have to go back to that awful school anymore"?

5. 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?

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