View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Grandma India's favorite hymn?
(a) "On the Battlefield for my Lord."
(b) "Precious Lord, Take My Hand."
(c) "Sing of Justice, Sing of Peace."
(d) "Amazing Grace."

2. What was Melba's grandmother's first name?
(a) Anette.
(b) Unknown.
(c) India.
(d) Lois.

3. Who was the attorney that worked on Brown v. Board of Education and who also asked the Federal District Court on behalf of the NAACP to start integration in Little Rock immediately?
(a) Clara Luper.
(b) Mary Thomason.
(c) Thurgood Marshall.
(d) Ralph Abernathy.

4. Who told Melba that she wasn't a quitter?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Mrs. Bates.
(c) Thurgood Marshall.
(d) Her grandmother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Daisy Bates?

2. What historic event happened on the day the author was born?

3. Melba's mother was a teacher. What did she teach?

4. Who did President Eisenhower send to protect the students integrating into Central High School?

5. According to the author what were most girls listening to in 1957?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 236 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample