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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many double-dates had Melba and Vince enjoyed with Grandma and Mr. Claxton at the wrestling matches?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Eight.
(d) Four.

2. Whose eyes were hidden by dark glasses, which were probably hiding the fear she felt on the first day at Central High School?
(a) Melba.
(b) Thelma.
(c) Minnijean.
(d) Elizabeth.

3. 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) Teen Beat.
(b) True Romance.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) True Confessions.

4. Who said, "Are you under lock and key the way I am"?
(a) Minnijean.
(b) Melba.
(c) Thelma.
(d) Carlotta.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saved Melba from being raped by an angry white man?

2. Where was Judge Davies from?

3. Who was Virgil Blossom?

4. What did Melba have to drink at the home of the NAACP president before talking to the press?

5. Who told Melba to "make this day the best you can" on the day the 101st took her to school?

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