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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Virgil Blossom?
(a) Little Rock Mayor.
(b) Chairman of the School Board.
(c) The Little Rock school superintendent.
(d) U.S. District Attorney.

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

3. What two students are chosen to testify in federal court in the school integration case?
(a) Terrence and Carlotta.
(b) Jefferson and Millijean.
(c) Ernest and Elizabeth.
(d) Thelma and Melba.

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

5. Who sends a telegram to the governor and expects full cooperation for integration?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) President Eisenhower.
(c) Director of the FBI.
(d) Thurgood Marshall.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did the author meet on the 30th anniversary of Little Rock integration that her brother referred to as "good people"?

3. Who was the first white person to call Melba "Miss Pattillo"?

4. Which of Melba's classes did she describe as a zoo?

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

(see the answer key)

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