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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was supposed to be the first day of school for Melba in 1957?
(a) September 16.
(b) September 5.
(c) August 31.
(d) September 3.

2. What record albums did Melba play for romantic daydreaming?
(a) Richie Valens and Little Richard.
(b) Nat King Cole and Johnny Mathis.
(c) Elvis Presley and Sam Cooke.
(d) Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr.

3. Whose concert was Melba not allowed to go to in 1956 due to segregation?
(a) Buddy Holly.
(b) Johnny Mathis.
(c) Elvis Presley.
(d) Jerry Lee Lewis.

4. What was Melba's grandmother's first name?
(a) Lois.
(b) Anette.
(c) India.
(d) Unknown.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sends a telegram to the governor and expects full cooperation for integration?

2. What historic event happened on the day the author was born?

3. Who was the Arkansas president of the NAACP in 1957?

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

5. Which of the Little Rock Nine started to turn blue after entering the Central High office?

(see the answer key)

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