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

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. Where were the wrestling matches held that Melba and her grandmother attended?
(a) Horace Mann gymnasium.
(b) Convention Center.
(c) Ninth Avenue Recreation Center.
(d) Robinson Auditorium.

3. Who replaced Judge Davies in the Little Rock integration case?
(a) Judge Albert.
(b) Judge Bush.
(c) Judge Crowley.
(d) Judge Harper.

4. In Melba's opinion, who looked like a caramel-colored James Darin?
(a) Johnny Mathis.
(b) Vince.
(c) Terrence.
(d) Nat King Cole.

5. Which reporter was beaten and shown in a picture with a white man riding on him piggyback?
(a) Moses Newsom.
(b) James Hicks.
(c) Alex Wilson.
(d) Quincy Taylor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Melba vow to forever remember in her prayers?

2. After the unsuccessful meeting with the school superintendent, what door did the students take to enter Central High School?

3. What Thanksgiving tradition did the Pattillos have?

4. What historic event happened on the day the author was born?

5. Melba decided to "claim Saturday for her own" after her first week of school. What time did she rise?

(see the answer key)

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