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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At age four, what did Melba do in her Indian Head tablet?
(a) Write in her journal.
(b) Color.
(c) Practice letters.
(d) Draw pictures.

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

3. Who was Conrad?
(a) The grocer down the street.
(b) Melba's brother.
(c) Melba's classmate.
(d) Melba's father.

4. What did Melba have to drink at the home of the NAACP president before talking to the press?
(a) Vanilla Coke.
(b) Grapette Cola.
(c) Cherry Cola.
(d) RC Cola.

5. What were the girls doing in Melba's first gym class?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Volleyball.
(c) Calisthenics.
(d) Tumbling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What room number was Melba's homeroom?

2. 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?

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

4. Who brought food to the Pattillos, saying "So's the white people won't catch you'all shopping and chop your heads off"?

5. What did Grandma India hit to scare off the men shooting at them?

(see the answer key)

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