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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 first white person to call Melba "Miss Pattillo"?
(a) A police officer.
(b) An NAACP official.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A white reporter.

2. 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?
(a) A hundredfold.
(b) Ten times as many.
(c) Fifty times as many.
(d) Twenty times as many.

3. Whose concert was Melba not allowed to go to in 1956 due to segregation?
(a) Johnny Mathis.
(b) Elvis Presley.
(c) Jerry Lee Lewis.
(d) Buddy Holly.

4. Where was Judge Davies from?
(a) Fargo, North Dakota.
(b) Kansas City, Missouri.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

5. Who was Ike?
(a) Grandma's boyfriend.
(b) An NAACP official.
(c) A boy at church.
(d) President Eisenhower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the other member of the Little Rock Nine who shared Melba's enjoyment of singing?

2. What color was the hair of the Arkansas NAACP attorney?

3. Who was the governor of Arkansas at the time integration is first sought at Central High School?

4. What kind of car did Vince own?

5. Who spoke with a "quick New York accent overlying a slight Southern drawl"?

(see the answer key)

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