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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 historic event happened on the day the author was born?
(a) The beach at Normandy is stormed.
(b) The Korean War begins.
(c) Okinawa is bombed.
(d) Pearl Harbor is bombed.
2. What room number was Melba's homeroom?
(a) 201.
(b) 112.
(c) 314.
(d) 339.
3. Who spoke with a "quick New York accent overlying a slight Southern drawl"?
(a) Thurgood Marshall.
(b) Dr. Lorch.
(c) Wiley Branton.
(d) Herbert Brownell, Jr.
4. Where did the reporters sit in the federal courtroom that the Little Rock Nine attended?
(a) Behind a rope.
(b) Outside of the courtroom.
(c) With the Little Rock Nine.
(d) In the jury box.
5. What was the date that the Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education?
(a) May 17, 1954.
(b) May 3, 1956.
(c) June 17, 1955.
(d) July 10, 1957.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the "sole voice" of Little Rock's African American community in 1957?
2. What color was the hair of the Arkansas NAACP attorney?
3. Who said, "Are you under lock and key the way I am"?
4. What type of shoes did Melba wear to school?
5. What street was Central High School located on?
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