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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of shoes did Melba wear to school?
(a) Boots.
(b) Saddle shoes.
(c) Sandals.
(d) Sneakers.

2. What was the date that the Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education?
(a) May 3, 1956.
(b) May 17, 1954.
(c) June 17, 1955.
(d) July 10, 1957.

3. Who was Mr. Higgenbottom?
(a) An imaginary friend.
(b) The shotgun.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) A male friend of Grandma's.

4. Who told Melba that she wasn't a quitter?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Mrs. Bates.
(c) Thurgood Marshall.
(d) Her grandmother.

5. What was Melba worried would be swept under the carpet for her "grandchildren to retrieve"?
(a) Her social life.
(b) School integration.
(c) An end to racism.
(d) Her chance for a career.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was supposed to be the first day of school for Melba in 1957?

3. In Melba's opinion, who looked like a caramel-colored James Darin?

4. Which reporter was beaten and shown in a picture with a white man riding on him piggyback?

5. After the fire drill, who escorted Melba, Carlotta and Thelma to the restroom and cafeteria?

(see the answer key)

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