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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 was the governor of Arkansas at the time integration is first sought at Central High School?
(a) Francis Cherry.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Winthrop Rockefeller.
(d) Orval Faubus.

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

3. 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?
(a) Fifty times as many.
(b) A hundredfold.
(c) Ten times as many.
(d) Twenty times as many.

4. Why said, "You hit back every day you get through"?
(a) Mrs. Bates.
(b) Melba's mother.
(c) Mrs. Huckaby.
(d) Grandma.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What book did Melba's English teacher assign for a book report?

3. How did the Little Rock Nine get out of the school when the mob threatens to overrun the school?

4. Whose concert was Melba not allowed to go to in 1956 due to segregation?

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

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