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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 did the Pattillos escape Andy and his friends at the store?
(a) By sneaking away.
(b) By running faster than the boys.
(c) With a police escort.
(d) Walking with three large sisters of the church.

2. Which of the Little Rock Nine had a bomb placed under the porch of the home?
(a) Carlotta.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Thelma.
(d) Ernie.

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

4. What happened to Melba's Easter dress when she wore it to school?
(a) It is sprayed with ink.
(b) Mud is wiped on it.
(c) It is ripped.
(d) The dress is doused with a chemical.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According the newspaper, what was the cost to taxpayers for federal troops to maintain order at Central High School?

3. Why did Nana Healey lose her job?

4. Who saved Melba from being raped by an angry white man?

5. What did Melba recite to herself to keep her focus?

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