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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which prominent Little Rock official defies the governor's stance on opposing integration?
(a) The Little Rock Mayor.
(b) The Central High School principal.
(c) The head of the National Guard.
(d) The Little Rock Representative.

2. What did Melba have to drink at the home of the NAACP president before talking to the press?
(a) RC Cola.
(b) Cherry Cola.
(c) Vanilla Coke.
(d) Grapette Cola.

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

4. 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) Ralph Abernathy.
(b) Mary Thomason.
(c) Clara Luper.
(d) Thurgood Marshall.

5. In Melba's opinion, who looked like a caramel-colored James Darin?
(a) Terrence.
(b) Nat King Cole.
(c) Johnny Mathis.
(d) Vince.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Virgil Blossom?

2. What was Grandma India's favorite hymn?

3. Where did the Pattillos usually sit at church?

4. 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?

5. Whose eyes were hidden by dark glasses, which were probably hiding the fear she felt on the first day at Central High School?

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