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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the hearing to expel Minnijean take?
(a) Forty minutes.
(b) Twenty minutes.
(c) Ten minutes.
(d) An hour.

2. 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) Twenty times as many.
(c) Ten times as many.
(d) A hundredfold.

3. Who said, "Are you under lock and key the way I am"?
(a) Minnijean.
(b) Thelma.
(c) Melba.
(d) Carlotta.

4. When Melba and Conrad were accosted at the department store, where did the mother and grandmother move them to?
(a) The security office.
(b) The store office.
(c) The women's restroom.
(d) The front door.

5. What was Melba worried would be swept under the carpet for her "grandchildren to retrieve"?
(a) Her chance for a career.
(b) An end to racism.
(c) Her social life.
(d) School integration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offered a reward for getting the remaining Little Rock Nine expelled?

2. Link called Melba with a warning about her first class the next day. What was the warning?

3. Who published Melba's article?

4. What does "amicus curiae" mean in "Warriors Don't Cry"?

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

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