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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Sunday newspaper, whose parents stayed up late discussing whether to allow their child to attend Central before deciding to leave the decision up to their child?
(a) Carlotta.
(b) Terrence (Terry).
(c) Ernie.
(d) Elizabeth.

2. Who was the Arkansas president of the NAACP in 1957?
(a) Marjorie Williams.
(b) Wiley Branton.
(c) Ed Claxton.
(d) Daisy Bates.

3. What was Melba's grandmother's first name?
(a) India.
(b) Unknown.
(c) Anette.
(d) Lois.

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

5. What was the "sole voice" of Little Rock's African American community in 1957?
(a) Little Rock Herald.
(b) Arkansas Times.
(c) Little Rock News.
(d) Arkansas State Press.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Daisy Bates?

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

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

4. What did Melba's old friend Marsha call Melba?

5. What were the girls doing in Melba's first gym class?

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