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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 had a secret copy of a magazine that she read after she and her mother returned home from unsuccessfully being admitted to Central High School. What was it?
(a) True Romance.
(b) True Confessions.
(c) Teen Beat.
(d) Seventeen.

2. Who was Mr. Higgenbottom?
(a) An imaginary friend.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) A male friend of Grandma's.
(d) The shotgun.

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

4. What was the date that the Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education?
(a) June 17, 1955.
(b) May 17, 1954.
(c) May 3, 1956.
(d) July 10, 1957.

5. What was Melba's grandmother's first name?
(a) Unknown.
(b) Lois.
(c) India.
(d) Anette.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Melba know who graduated from college in 1954?

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

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

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

5. Whose eyes were hidden by dark glasses, which were probably hiding the fear she felt on the first day at Central High School?

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