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

2. Whose concert was Melba not allowed to go to in 1956 due to segregation?
(a) Elvis Presley.
(b) Buddy Holly.
(c) Johnny Mathis.
(d) Jerry Lee Lewis.

3. In 1955, Melba read about an African American who forced change. Who was that person and what did that person do?
(a) Rosa Parks, who refuses to give up her seat on a bus.
(b) Samuel Wilbur Tucker, who forces integration at libraries.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr., whose protest shut down buses in Montgomery.
(d) Bernice Fisher, who forces lunch counters to integrate.

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

5. Who did Melba's grandmother travel to Italy with during her lifetime?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her husband.
(c) No one - she went by herself.
(d) Her employer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Melba that she wasn't a quitter?

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

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

4. Who did President Eisenhower send to protect the students integrating into Central High School?

5. Who was Daisy Bates?

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