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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 two students are chosen to testify in federal court in the school integration case?
(a) Ernest and Elizabeth.
(b) Terrence and Carlotta.
(c) Jefferson and Millijean.
(d) Thelma and Melba.

2. Who was Mrs. Huckaby?
(a) Central High Vice-Principal for girls.
(b) One of the mothers of the white students.
(c) A teacher.
(d) The mother of one of the Little Rock Nine.

3. Who spoke with a "quick New York accent overlying a slight Southern drawl"?
(a) Thurgood Marshall.
(b) Dr. Lorch.
(c) Herbert Brownell, Jr.
(d) Wiley Branton.

4. In 1954, what was the population of Little Rock and of that number, how many were African American?
(a) 102,400. Of that number, about 25,000 are African Americans.
(b) 107,300. Of that number, about 30,000 are African Americans.
(c) 105,800. Of that number, about 40,000 are African Americans.
(d) 109,600. Of that number, about 17,000 are African Americans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did President Eisenhower send to protect the students integrating into Central High School?

2. Who is Melba's secret crush?

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

4. Who was Mr. Higgenbottom?

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

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