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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the Little Rock Nine started to turn blue after entering the Central High office?
(a) Millijean.
(b) Melba.
(c) Thelma.
(d) Elizabeth.

2. Who does Grandma describe as "smart like a fox"?
(a) Governor Faubus.
(b) President Eisenhower.
(c) Thurgood Marshall.
(d) Judge Davies.

3. Where did the reporters sit in the federal courtroom that the Little Rock Nine attended?
(a) Behind a rope.
(b) In the jury box.
(c) With the Little Rock Nine.
(d) Outside of the courtroom.

4. Where was Melba instructed to go if anyone broke into their house?
(a) Ninth Street.
(b) Neighbor's house.
(c) Memphis Avenue.
(d) The church up the street.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose concert was Melba not allowed to go to in 1956 due to segregation?

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

3. Who spoke with a "quick New York accent overlying a slight Southern drawl"?

4. On the first day that the Little Rock Nine attended Central High School classes, the crowd outside the school outnumbered the police by about how much?

5. Whose eyes were hidden by dark glasses, which were probably hiding the fear she felt on the first day at Central High School?

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