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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the governor of Arkansas at the time integration is first sought at Central High School?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) Francis Cherry.
(c) Winthrop Rockefeller.
(d) Orval Faubus.

2. Who was Daisy Bates?
(a) A teacher at Central High School.
(b) The Arkansas NAACP president.
(c) A school board member.
(d) Thelma's friend.

3. Who said that "integration is no fun"?
(a) Marsha.
(b) Vince.
(c) Melba's brother, Conrad.
(d) Melba.

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) Clara Luper.
(c) Thurgood Marshall.
(d) Mary Thomason.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car did Vince own?

2. Where did the Pattillos usually sit at church?

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

4. What was the "sole voice" of Little Rock's African American community in 1957?

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

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