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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3, Jim Crow and the Detested Number Ten, Coot,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the white boys want of Claudette?
(a) To see her hands.
(b) To take her to the movies.
(c) To steal her coat.
(d) To steal her dog.

2. What did Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka do?
(a) Outlawed segregation in public schools.
(b) Upheld segregation in public schools.
(c) Nothing as it was quickly overturned.
(d) Created the separate but equal ruling.

3. Why did blacks depend upon buses?
(a) To visit friends and family.
(b) They did not depend on the buses.
(c) To reach their white employers.
(d) To get to the grocery store.

4. Who was Miss Geraldine Nesbitt?
(a) The lawyer defending Reeves.
(b) Claudette's best friend.
(c) One of Claudette's teachers.
(d) The principal of Washington High.

5. Who commanded the buses in Montgomery?
(a) The police.
(b) Tough men.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) The KKK.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Claudette Colvin?

2. What did the boys do when Claudette and the white boys touched each other's hands?

3. What made Claudette angry when she would go to downtown Montgomery?

4. In 1950, what percent of black women were maids for white families?

5. Where is Claudette born?

(see the answer key)

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