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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. Where is Claudette born?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Shreveport.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Pensacola.

2. What did this practice mentioned in question 22 violate?
(a) The county bus law.
(b) The Federal bus law.
(c) The city bus law.
(d) The State bus law.

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

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

5. What did some of the white men on the buses carry?
(a) Guns.
(b) Gloves so they didn't have to touch a black person.
(c) Knives.
(d) Billy clubs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who agreed with Claudette's mother?

2. What did Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka do?

3. Who came up while Claudette was still standing with the white boys?

4. Who is Delphine?

5. What did 75 percent of the black men do in the 1950s?

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