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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 two students are chosen to testify in federal court in the school integration case?
(a) Jefferson and Millijean.
(b) Ernest and Elizabeth.
(c) Thelma and Melba.
(d) Terrence and Carlotta.

2. Who did the author meet on the 30th anniversary of Little Rock integration that her brother referred to as "good people"?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) Eisenhower's daughter.
(c) Winthrop Rockefeller.
(d) Orval Faubus.

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

4. Who saved Melba from being raped by an angry white man?
(a) Grandma India.
(b) Conrad.
(c) Marissa.
(d) Carl.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In 1954, what was the population of Little Rock and of that number, how many were African American?

3. What was the date that the Supreme Court ruled on Brown v. Board of Education?

4. Whose concert was Melba not allowed to go to in 1956 due to segregation?

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

(see the answer key)

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