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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 supposed to be the first day of school for Melba in 1957?
(a) September 16.
(b) September 5.
(c) August 31.
(d) September 3.

2. Who saved Melba from being raped by an angry white man?
(a) Carl.
(b) Conrad.
(c) Grandma India.
(d) Marissa.

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

4. In 1954, what was the population of Little Rock and of that number, how many were African American?
(a) 105,800. Of that number, about 40,000 are African Americans.
(b) 102,400. Of that number, about 25,000 are African Americans.
(c) 107,300. Of that number, about 30,000 are African Americans.
(d) 109,600. Of that number, about 17,000 are African Americans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1955, Melba read about an African American who forced change. Who was that person and what did that person do?

2. Whose concert was Melba not allowed to go to in 1956 due to segregation?

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

4. At age four, what did Melba do in her Indian Head tablet?

5. Who was Mr. Higgenbottom?

(see the answer key)

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