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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the girls doing in Melba's first gym class?
(a) Calisthenics.
(b) Tumbling.
(c) Volleyball.
(d) Basketball.

2. Who does Grandma describe as "smart like a fox"?
(a) Governor Faubus.
(b) President Eisenhower.
(c) Thurgood Marshall.
(d) Judge Davies.

3. What does "amicus curiae" mean in "Warriors Don't Cry"?
(a) Defense or Prosecution.
(b) Friend of the court.
(c) Court opposition.
(d) Witness.

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

5. What historic event happened on the day the author was born?
(a) The beach at Normandy is stormed.
(b) Okinawa is bombed.
(c) The Korean War begins.
(d) Pearl Harbor is bombed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Melba to stay away from the window on the first day in school?

2. What was Melba worried would be swept under the carpet for her "grandchildren to retrieve"?

3. Which prominent Little Rock official defies the governor's stance on opposing integration?

4. Where did the Pattillos usually sit at church?

5. Who was Daisy Bates?

(see the answer key)

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