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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 Virgil Blossom?
(a) Chairman of the School Board.
(b) U.S. District Attorney.
(c) Little Rock Mayor.
(d) The Little Rock school superintendent.

2. Who was the governor of Arkansas at the time integration is first sought at Central High School?
(a) Francis Cherry.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Winthrop Rockefeller.
(d) Orval Faubus.

3. Who did President Eisenhower send to protect the students integrating into Central High School?
(a) The National Guard.
(b) The Arkansas 2nd Expeditionary Unit.
(c) The 101st Airborne Division.
(d) U.S. Army Reserve.

4. Who sends a telegram to the governor and expects full cooperation for integration?
(a) Thurgood Marshall.
(b) President Eisenhower.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Director of the FBI.

5. Where did the Pattillos usually sit at church?
(a) In the balcony.
(b) Left of center.
(c) Right of center.
(d) Second row.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. What was Grandma India's favorite hymn?

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