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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Martin Luther King, Jr., whose protest shut down buses in Montgomery.
(c) Samuel Wilbur Tucker, who forces integration at libraries.
(d) Bernice Fisher, who forces lunch counters to integrate.

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

3. Who said that "integration is no fun"?
(a) Vince.
(b) Marsha.
(c) Melba's brother, Conrad.
(d) Melba.

4. Who did President Eisenhower send to protect the students integrating into Central High School?
(a) The Arkansas 2nd Expeditionary Unit.
(b) The National Guard.
(c) U.S. Army Reserve.
(d) The 101st Airborne Division.

5. Where did the Pattillos usually sit at church?
(a) In the balcony.
(b) Left of center.
(c) Second row.
(d) Right of center.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Approximately how many white students attended Central High during the year that Melba attended?

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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