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

2. Where was Melba instructed to go if anyone broke into their house?
(a) Neighbor's house.
(b) Ninth Street.
(c) Memphis Avenue.
(d) The church up the street.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many students were chosen to integrate the Little Rock High School?

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

3. Who did Melba's grandmother travel to Italy with during her lifetime?

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

5. What was Grandma India's favorite hymn?

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