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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 historic event happened on the day the author was born?
(a) The beach at Normandy is stormed.
(b) Okinawa is bombed.
(c) Pearl Harbor is bombed.
(d) The Korean War begins.

2. Which of Melba's classes did she describe as a zoo?
(a) Study hall.
(b) Typing.
(c) English.
(d) French class.

3. Who did Melba's grandmother travel to Italy with during her lifetime?
(a) Her husband.
(b) No one - she went by herself.
(c) Her employer.
(d) Her father.

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

5. What type of car did Melba's mother drive in 1957?
(a) Brown Chevy.
(b) White Ford.
(c) Blue Chrysler.
(d) Green Pontiac.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the "sole voice" of Little Rock's African American community in 1957?

3. Who saved Melba from being raped by an angry white man?

4. Who came looking for Melba at Central High with a red face and a frown?

5. Which prominent Little Rock official defies the governor's stance on opposing integration?

(see the answer key)

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