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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-18.

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

2. Which of the Little Rock Nine had a bomb placed under the porch of the home?
(a) Jefferson.
(b) Carlotta.
(c) Ernie.
(d) Thelma.

3. Who told Melba "a true warrior does not give up"?
(a) The mayor.
(b) One of the other students.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

4. What did Vince give Melba for her birthday?
(a) Tiny gold hoop earrings.
(b) A bracelet.
(c) A record album.
(d) Flowers.

5. Who replaced Judge Davies in the Little Rock integration case?
(a) Judge Harper.
(b) Judge Crowley.
(c) Judge Bush.
(d) Judge Albert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who filed a civil suit against the NAACP in Arkansas?

2. According the newspaper, what was the cost to taxpayers for federal troops to maintain order at Central High School?

3. Why did Nana Healey lose her job?

4. Who was the reporter who first wrote about Melba's mother losing her job?

5. What two students are chosen to testify in federal court in the school integration case?

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