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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why said, "I'm angry enough to hunt bear without my shotgun"?
(a) Danny.
(b) Superintendent Blossom.
(c) The father of a white student.
(d) The father of one of the Little Rock Nine.

2. What type of car did Melba's mother drive in 1957?
(a) White Ford.
(b) Brown Chevy.
(c) Green Pontiac.
(d) Blue Chrysler.

3. What production was scheduled for May at Central High School?
(a) Carousel.
(b) Our Town.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) The Mikado.

4. Who was Virgil Blossom?
(a) Chairman of the School Board.
(b) U.S. District Attorney.
(c) Little Rock Mayor.
(d) The Little Rock school superintendent.

5. What street was Central High School located on?
(a) Fifteenth Street.
(b) Main Street.
(c) Ninth Avenue.
(d) Park Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Minnijean accused of calling her attackers?

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?

3. Melba wrote in her diary that she sometimes wished to be what in order to understand why she was so hated at school?

4. What room number was Melba's homeroom?

5. What was the "sole voice" of Little Rock's African American community in 1957?

(see the answer key)

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