Ruby meets the marshal who protected her: challenge
Watch the video and type your answer. Use Help to get the next letter. After two wrong answers, you will be given a choice.
Ruby met a US ... who escorted her to and from school. (one word)
- marshal
- teacher
- policeman
- president
His name is Charles ... (surname)
- Burks
- Bridges
- Brooks
- Rockwell
Charles Burks is now ... years old. (a number)
- 91
- 61
- 71
- 81
The reunion took place at the Children's ... (one word)
- Museum
- Hospital
- School
- Park
Ruby integrated a white southern elementary school almost ... years ago. (a number)
- 53
- 35
- 13
- 63
On their first day of school, students usually get a warm ... (one word)
- welcome
- meal
- coat
- hug
But Ruby was greeted by a ... crowd with signs that indicated she was not wanted. (one word ending in -ing)
- jeering
- cheering
- smiling
- singing
Making sure that nothing happened to Ruby. That was the most ... thing. (one adjective)
- important
- difficult
- dangerous
- interesting
In which year did Norman Rockwell paint The Problem We All Live With?
- 1964
- 1960
- 1954
- 1970
The little girl and the US marshal changed the face of ... (one word)
- education
- America
- politics
- history
Ruby thought her story was kind of swept under the ... (one word)
- rug
- table
- bed
- floor
That's true. But the job is not ... (one word)
- done
- easy
- started
- paid
Why is this reunion so special?
- Charles Burks is the last surviving marshal who escorted Ruby, and they meet again more than 50 years later
- Ruby meets Charles Burks for the very first time
- Charles Burks painted the famous picture of Ruby
- Charles Burks is Ruby's teacher