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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Grandma India's favorite hymn?
(a) "Sing of Justice, Sing of Peace."
(b) "Precious Lord, Take My Hand."
(c) "On the Battlefield for my Lord."
(d) "Amazing Grace."

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

3. Approximately how many white students attended Central High during the year that Melba attended?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1675.
(c) 1700.
(d) 1825.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of shoes did Melba wear to school?

2. In 1954, what was the population of Little Rock and of that number, how many were African American?

3. Who did President Eisenhower send to protect the students integrating into Central High School?

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

5. Who was Conrad?

(see the answer key)

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