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

2. 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.

3. Why did Claudette feel hurt?
(a) Because she was ignored by the boycott planners.
(b) She was told she was a bad example.
(c) She was lectured for yelling when arrested.
(d) She was reviled for her arrest.

4. Who is Fred Gray?
(a) Claudette's best friend's father.
(b) The judge in Claudette's trial.
(c) Claudette's lawyer.
(d) The prosecutor in Claudette's trial.

5. What does the person who came up to Claudette do?
(a) Slaps Claudette.
(b) Arrest Claudette.
(c) Arrest the boys.
(d) Pulls Claudette aside to say something to her in private.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Montgomery Circuit Court adjudicate about Claudette's conviction?

2. Who commanded the buses in Montgomery?

3. Who became involved in Jeremiah Reeves' case?

4. Who is Jo Ann Robinson?

5. In what state does Claudette Colvin grow up?

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