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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Melba worried would be swept under the carpet for her "grandchildren to retrieve"?
(a) An end to racism.
(b) School integration.
(c) Her chance for a career.
(d) Her social life.

2. Who accompanied Governor Faubus to a conference with the President?
(a) Representative Brooks Hays.
(b) Virgil Blossom.
(c) Roy Wilkins.
(d) Jess Matthews.

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

4. Who told Melba to stay away from the window on the first day in school?
(a) The PE teacher.
(b) Mrs. Pickwick.
(c) The homeroom teacher.
(d) The guide.

5. Who brought food to the Pattillos, saying "So's the white people won't catch you'all shopping and chop your heads off"?
(a) Mrs. Convers.
(b) Mrs. Floyd.
(c) Mrs. Beals.
(d) Melba's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "amicus curiae" mean in "Warriors Don't Cry"?

2. Where was Judge Davies from?

3. At age four, what did Melba do in her Indian Head tablet?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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