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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened at the next stop the bus made?
(a) Claudette gets up to leave but the young white man prevents her.
(b) Claudette's mom is waiting for her.
(c) The bus hits a telephone pole.
(d) A policeman is waiting to arrest Claudette.

2. What did everyone lose interest in except Gray?
(a) Appealing Claudette's case further.
(b) A bus boycott.
(c) Civil rights.
(d) Claudette's future.

3. What organization helped to create an alternative transport system?
(a) Association for Black Civil Rights (ABCR).
(b) Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA).
(c) Montgomery Association of Negro Freedom Fighters. (MANFF).
(d) Blacks for an Equal Montgomery (BEM).

4. Why did the person do that to Claudette?
(a) To teach her not to touch white people.
(b) Because the boys had gone beyond what was considered ok.
(c) To get her away from the boys.
(d) Because Claudette spit on the sidewalk in front of the boys.

5. What kind of changes did black leaders want?
(a) Modest ones.
(b) They asked for a complete rewriting of city law codes.
(c) Big changes all around.
(d) They only wanted segregation on the bus lines to stop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Geraldine Nesbitt?

2. Who is Claudette Colvin?

3. Why was Claudette considered a political liability at this time?

4. What was Parks' marital status?

5. How did King characterize the kind of justice they seek?

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