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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 happens to Delphine in the summer of 1952?
(a) She contracted polio.
(b) She is arrested.
(c) She contracted mumps.
(d) She went back to stay with her biological parents.

2. What is one thing Claudette spent a lot of time doing?
(a) Writing her parents.
(b) Praying.
(c) Track and field events.
(d) Cleaning white people's homes.

3. How old was Claudette when she learned about what happens when blacks act out against whites?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 4.

4. What happened to Brooks in 1952?
(a) He was shot by a police officer for standing up to a driver.
(b) He was hit by a black woman who refused to give up her seat.
(c) She was barred from the buses for the rest of her life and had to quit her job.
(d) She was fined.

5. What did the boys do when Claudette and the white boys touched each other's hands?
(a) Yell at Claudette.
(b) Slap Claudette.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Push Claudette down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Claudette feel about the blacks' self image?

2. What did Claudette want to do after reading about Harriet Tubman?

3. What is one thing Jim Crow did to the blacks?

4. From where did Geraldine Nesbitt hold an M.A.?

5. Who did Claudette call "mom and dad"?

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