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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were there reporters coming to Montgomery?
(a) To cover the protests and boycott.
(b) To support Mayor Gayle.
(c) To try to stem the violence.
(d) To pressure Mayor Gayle.

2. Who was the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) James Forman.
(b) Medgar Evers.
(c) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) W.E.B. Dubois.

3. What did the City Lines have to do in response to the boycott?
(a) Lower fares.
(b) Raise the cost of a ticket.
(c) Shut down bus lines and lay off drivers.
(d) Nothing.

4. What did people say about Claudette when she left Montgomery?
(a) She was stupid.
(b) She didn't care about civil rights.
(c) She was brave.
(d) She was crazy.

5. Where did Claudette go when she left Birmingham?
(a) To Mississipi.
(b) To New York City.
(c) Home to Montgomery.
(d) To her aunt's house in Louisiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Miss Geraldine Nesbitt?

2. Who was the secretary of the Montgomery NAACP at that time?

3. Where is Claudette born?

4. For what was Jeremiah Reeves sentenced to death?

5. What does Claudette say about sex?

(see the answer key)

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