Ch.5 and 6 WDC Quiz

Ch. 5: Melba was sad that Grandma India would not let her go to ______________.

• church.

• the football game.

• the wrestling matches.

• the dance contest.

Ch. 5: Because Governor Faubus halted integration, Melba attended tutoring sessions with __________________.

• the other 8 students who wanted to integrate at Little Rock Central High.

• Grandma India.

• her pastor at the church.

• With Elizabeth Eckford.

Ch.5: At a meeting with the other 8 students, Melba heard ______________ speak, who had previously "delivered the argument that resulted in the Supreme Court's 1954 school integration ruling."

• Orval Faubus

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Dwight Eisenhower.

Ch. 5: _________________ was summoned (required to go) to court in a federal case over state-rights vs. federal law.

• Melba

• The Arkansas National Guard

• The Little Rock 9

• Governor Faubus

Ch. 5: Melba "finally gathered the nerve to ask Mother and Grandma for permission to ____________.

• date.

• go to Little Rock.

• not attend church that Sunday.

• rejoin the all-Black school.

Ch. 6: At the federal court hearing, Melba wanted to meet _______________ face to face, but learned that ________________ "does not have to appear to answer a summons."

• Governor Faubus; a white person

• Governor Faubus; an elected official

• Thurgood Marshall; Supreme Court judges

• Honorable Judge Ronald Davies; judges

Ch. 6: Why did Melba and the other students not want school officials to know of Thelma Mothershed's heart condition?

• Officials might not let Thelma integrate.

• All nine students wouldn't be allowed to integrate if one was sick.

• Thelma would be asked to testify in court.

• School officials would be nervous to have a student with a heart condition at school.

Ch. 6: In response to Judge Davies saying the trial would proceed, the attorneys for Governor Faubus __________________

• screamed at the Little Rock 9.

• repeatedly asked for the case to be dismissed.

• said, "We object on the grounds of the US constitution!"

• left the courtroom.

Ch. 6: ___________ of the Little Rock 9 had to testify at the trial.

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 7

Ch. 6: Judge Davies gave his decision: "There is no real _____________ here that we shouldn't ____________ with the court-ordred _______________ of Central High School. The order is so entered."

• reason; disregard; integration

• argument; comply; segregation

• evidence; proceed; integration

• evidence; argue; segregation