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

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

3. Who was Mr. Higgenbottom?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) A male friend of Grandma's.
(c) An imaginary friend.
(d) The shotgun.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the author meet on the 30th anniversary of Little Rock integration that her brother referred to as "good people"?

2. Who said, "Are you under lock and key the way I am"?

3. What was the date that the Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education?

4. What was Grandma India's favorite hymn?

5. Who did Melba know who graduated from college in 1954?

(see the answer key)

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