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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose eyes were hidden by dark glasses, which were probably hiding the fear she felt on the first day at Central High School?
(a) Minnijean.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Melba.
(d) Thelma.

2. In 1955, Melba read about an African American who forced change. Who was that person and what did that person do?
(a) Samuel Wilbur Tucker, who forces integration at libraries.
(b) Bernice Fisher, who forces lunch counters to integrate.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr., whose protest shut down buses in Montgomery.
(d) Rosa Parks, who refuses to give up her seat on a bus.

3. What places did Melba's father talk about where African American men were treated equal?
(a) Illinois and Washington.
(b) North Dakota and Pennsylvania.
(c) Paris, France and New York.
(d) Massachusetts and California.

4. Who was the first white person to call Melba "Miss Pattillo"?
(a) An NAACP official.
(b) A white reporter.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A lawyer.

5. What did Grandma India hit to scare off the men shooting at them?
(a) A trash burner.
(b) Someone's hat.
(c) A tire.
(d) A metal trash can.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the reporters sit in the federal courtroom that the Little Rock Nine attended?

2. Who sends a telegram to the governor and expects full cooperation for integration?

3. What was Melba's grandmother's first name?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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