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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Thurgood Marshall.
(c) Ralph Abernathy.
(d) Clara Luper.

2. Who did the author meet on the 30th anniversary of Little Rock integration that her brother referred to as "good people"?
(a) Winthrop Rockefeller.
(b) Orval Faubus.
(c) Eisenhower's daughter.
(d) Bill Clinton.

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

4. How many students were chosen to integrate the Little Rock High School?
(a) Ten.
(b) Nine.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Conrad?

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

3. What did Grandma India hit to scare off the men shooting at them?

4. What type of car did Melba's mother drive in 1957?

5. Who was Mr. Higgenbottom?

(see the answer key)

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