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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who looked like "spectators at a sports event" when Melba arrives at school on October 1?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Police.
(c) Student parents.
(d) Arkansas National Guard.

2. What did Melba recite to herself to keep her focus?
(a) Lyrics to her favorite song.
(b) The Gettysburg Address.
(c) The Lord's Prayer.
(d) A nursery rhyme.

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

4. Who was Mrs. Huckaby?
(a) A teacher.
(b) One of the mothers of the white students.
(c) Central High Vice-Principal for girls.
(d) The mother of one of the Little Rock Nine.

5. Where was the Arkansas governor's retreat?
(a) Hilton Head, South Carolina.
(b) Sea Island, Georgia.
(c) Florida Keys.
(d) Padres Island, Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attacked Melba at the pep rally?

2. Which prominent Little Rock official defies the governor's stance on opposing integration?

3. Who was kicked so hard that sitting down for two days was almost impossible?

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

(see the answer key)

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