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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9-10/Epilogue, Browder v. Gale, Rage in Montgomery, History's Door.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1950, what percent of black women were maids for white families?
(a) 60.
(b) 89.
(c) 22.
(d) 12.

2. What did Claudette want to do after reading about Harriet Tubman?
(a) Liberate her people.
(b) Move to Africa.
(c) Help desegregate the Northern schools where it was possible to do so.
(d) Pass as white.

3. What is one thing blacks and whites could not do together?
(a) Shop at the same farmer's market.
(b) Ride on the same train.
(c) Watch a sports event in a stadium.
(d) Play on the same sports team.

4. Where were the cops taking Claudette?
(a) To jail.
(b) To talk to a lawyer.
(c) To her bus stop since the bus was broken down.
(d) To her home so she would not be in danger walking through a white neighborhood.

5. What did Reverend Johnson do?
(a) Told Claudette she was wrong to have created a fuss.
(b) Met Claudette and her mother when they came back from the police station.
(c) Talked to the bus driver.
(d) Bailed out Claudette.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did two Montgomery police come on board the bus?

2. What kind of parents were Claudette's biological mother and father?

3. What did the first three plaintiffs testify to when Gray presented them?

4. What started happening to churches in the summer?

5. In what state does Claudette Colvin grow up?

(see the answer key)

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