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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Melba's mother was a teacher. What did she teach?
(a) Elementary school math.
(b) College science.
(c) 7th grade English.
(d) 11th grade social studies.

2. Who was Conrad?
(a) Melba's brother.
(b) Melba's classmate.
(c) The grocer down the street.
(d) Melba's father.

3. Who was Daisy Bates?
(a) The Arkansas NAACP president.
(b) Thelma's friend.
(c) A teacher at Central High School.
(d) A school board member.

4. Who did Melba know who graduated from college in 1954?
(a) Melba's preacher.
(b) Melba's best friend.
(c) Melba's father.
(d) Melba's mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Melba instructed to go if anyone broke into their house?

3. In Melba's opinion, who looked like a caramel-colored James Darin?

4. Approximately how many white students attended Central High during the year that Melba attended?

5. What was Grandma India's favorite hymn?

(see the answer key)

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