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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Melba's Easter dress when she wore it to school?
(a) Mud is wiped on it.
(b) The dress is doused with a chemical.
(c) It is ripped.
(d) It is sprayed with ink.

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

3. What did Grandma India do when Melba stayed home sick from school in October?
(a) Takes Melba to the doctor.
(b) Takes her temperature.
(c) Let's her have a free day.
(d) Gives Melba a dose of castor oil.

4. Who told Melba that she wasn't a quitter?
(a) Thurgood Marshall.
(b) Mrs. Bates.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her grandmother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the weather like on Valentine's Day?

2. Where did the Pattillos usually sit at church?

3. After Judge Davis ordered school integration to continue, what day and time did Governor Faubus remove the National Guard from Central High School?

4. What did Melba's grandmother say was the mark of a disciplined individual?

5. What did Grandma India nickname the two white men that watch their house?

(see the answer key)

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