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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Clara Luper.
(b) Ralph Abernathy.
(c) Mary Thomason.
(d) Thurgood Marshall.

2. Where did the reporters sit in the federal courtroom that the Little Rock Nine attended?
(a) In the jury box.
(b) With the Little Rock Nine.
(c) Behind a rope.
(d) Outside of the courtroom.

3. What was the "sole voice" of Little Rock's African American community in 1957?
(a) Arkansas State Press.
(b) Little Rock Herald.
(c) Arkansas Times.
(d) Little Rock News.

4. At age four, what did Melba do in her Indian Head tablet?
(a) Draw pictures.
(b) Practice letters.
(c) Color.
(d) Write in her journal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Melba worried would be swept under the carpet for her "grandchildren to retrieve"?

2. Melba's mother was a teacher. What did she teach?

3. Who was Mrs. Huckaby?

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

5. 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?

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