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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Grandma India hit to scare off the men shooting at them?
(a) A trash burner.
(b) A metal trash can.
(c) A tire.
(d) Someone's hat.

2. Who does Grandma describe as "smart like a fox"?
(a) Judge Davies.
(b) Governor Faubus.
(c) Thurgood Marshall.
(d) President Eisenhower.

3. What group of government officials was pressing for the removal of the 101st from Central High School?
(a) Arkansas mayors.
(b) Southern U.S. Senators.
(c) Southern governors.
(d) Arkansas state legislature.

4. What location at Central High School was like a peaceful island to Melba?
(a) The cafeteria.
(b) Homeroom.
(c) The exit.
(d) Mrs. Pickwick's shorthand class.

5. Melba had a secret copy of a magazine that she read after she and her mother returned home from unsuccessfully being admitted to Central High School. What was it?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) True Confessions.
(c) Teen Beat.
(d) True Romance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Melba vow to forever remember in her prayers?

2. What was supposed to be the first day of school for Melba in 1957?

3. How many double-dates had Melba and Vince enjoyed with Grandma and Mr. Claxton at the wrestling matches?

4. Who said that "integration is no fun"?

5. How did the Little Rock Nine get out of the school when the mob threatens to overrun the school?

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