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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) With a police escort.
(b) Walking with three large sisters of the church.
(c) By running faster than the boys.
(d) By sneaking away.

2. After the fire drill, who escorted Melba, Carlotta and Thelma to the restroom and cafeteria?
(a) Mrs. Pickwick.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Danny.
(d) Mrs. Huckaby.

3. What did Melba hear when the 101st soldiers escorted the nine students inside Central High School?
(a) Chants of the mob.
(b) Gunfire.
(c) Boots clicking on the stone.
(d) Silence.

4. Approximately how many white students attended Central High during the year that Melba attended?
(a) 1825.
(b) 1700.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1675.

5. Melba had a secret copy of a magazine that she read after she and her mother returned home from unsuccessfully being admitted to Central High School. What was it?
(a) True Romance.
(b) True Confessions.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Teen Beat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1954, what was the population of Little Rock and of that number, how many were African American?

2. What did Grandma India nickname the two white men that watch their house?

3. Who yelled to Melba, "Now you've had your lesson. You don't have to go back to that awful school anymore"?

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

5. What did Vince give Melba for her birthday?

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