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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1955, Melba read about an African American who forced change. Who was that person and what did that person do?
(a) Bernice Fisher, who forces lunch counters to integrate.
(b) Rosa Parks, who refuses to give up her seat on a bus.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr., whose protest shut down buses in Montgomery.
(d) Samuel Wilbur Tucker, who forces integration at libraries.

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

3. What did Grandma India hit to scare off the men shooting at them?
(a) A tire.
(b) Someone's hat.
(c) A trash burner.
(d) A metal trash can.

4. What historic event happened on the day the author was born?
(a) The beach at Normandy is stormed.
(b) Okinawa is bombed.
(c) The Korean War begins.
(d) Pearl Harbor is bombed.

5. Who saved Melba from being raped by an angry white man?
(a) Marissa.
(b) Conrad.
(c) Carl.
(d) Grandma India.

Short Answer Questions

1. What room number was Melba's homeroom?

2. Who was Daisy Bates?

3. Who was Mrs. Huckaby?

4. Who was Ike?

5. Who was the other member of the Little Rock Nine who shared Melba's enjoyment of singing?

(see the answer key)

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