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

2. What happened on December 2, 1955?
(a) Thousands signed up for the bus boycott.
(b) Claudette and her family move to Detroit.
(c) The President sent in the National Guard to prevent riots.
(d) The Govenor declared a State of Emergency.

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

4. What was Parks' marital status?
(a) Single.
(b) Widowed.
(c) Divorced.
(d) Married.

5. What did 75 percent of the black men do in the 1950s?
(a) Unskilled labor.
(b) Farm.
(c) They were able to get decent educations and work as clerical and service persons.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did everyone lose interest in except Gray?

3. Where did Claudette go when she left Birmingham?

4. How old was Claudette when she learned about what happens when blacks act out against whites?

5. How did Claudette feel about the Civil Rights movement when she was in Birmingham?

(see the answer key)

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