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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 did Melba hear when the 101st soldiers escorted the nine students inside Central High School?
(a) Silence.
(b) Chants of the mob.
(c) Boots clicking on the stone.
(d) Gunfire.

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

3. What was Melba's class after gym class?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) Shorthand.
(d) Math.

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

5. What did Grandma India do when Melba stayed home sick from school in October?
(a) Takes her temperature.
(b) Gives Melba a dose of castor oil.
(c) Let's her have a free day.
(d) Takes Melba to the doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of government officials was pressing for the removal of the 101st from Central High School?

2. Who told the mobs in Little Rock that they must cease and desist?

3. Where was Judge Davies from?

4. Who accused Melba of making "mountains out of molehills"?

5. Where was the Arkansas governor's retreat?

(see the answer key)

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