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

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

3. Who told Melba that she wasn't a quitter?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Mrs. Bates.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Thurgood Marshall.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What historic event happened on the day the author was born?

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

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

4. According to the author what were most girls listening to in 1957?

5. Who was the governor of Arkansas at the time integration is first sought at Central High School?

(see the answer key)

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