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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 were the girls doing in Melba's first gym class?
(a) Calisthenics.
(b) Tumbling.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Volleyball.

2. How many students were chosen to integrate the Little Rock High School?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Nine.

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

4. What color was the hair of the Arkansas NAACP attorney?
(a) Gray.
(b) Auburn.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose concert was Melba not allowed to go to in 1956 due to segregation?

2. What street was Central High School located on?

3. What was Melba's grandmother's first name?

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

5. Who was Virgil Blossom?

(see the answer key)

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