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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Melba instructed by Link to stay away from on the day following the cafeteria incident?
(a) Front door.
(b) First floor girls' bathroom.
(c) Gymnasium.
(d) Far end of the second floor.

2. What location at Central High School was like a peaceful island to Melba?
(a) Mrs. Pickwick's shorthand class.
(b) Homeroom.
(c) The exit.
(d) The cafeteria.

3. Who accompanied Governor Faubus to a conference with the President?
(a) Representative Brooks Hays.
(b) Virgil Blossom.
(c) Jess Matthews.
(d) Roy Wilkins.

4. Who said that "integration is no fun"?
(a) Marsha.
(b) Melba.
(c) Vince.
(d) Melba's brother, Conrad.

5. The nine students won the highest honor awarded by the NAACP. What was it?
(a) Robert S. Abbot Award.
(b) Spingarn Medal.
(c) The Presidential Medal of Freedom.
(d) Global Civil Rights Award.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which newspaper did the segregationists tell businesses to stop advertising in?

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

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

4. Who was invited to speak at the school's chapel?

5. What incident brought the 101st soldiers back on a Thursday?

(see the answer key)

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