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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where did Geraldine Nesbitt hold an M.A.?
(a) University of Alabama.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) Stanford University.

2. Where were the cops taking Claudette?
(a) To her bus stop since the bus was broken down.
(b) To talk to a lawyer.
(c) To jail.
(d) To her home so she would not be in danger walking through a white neighborhood.

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

4. How many charges did Claudette face?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. What made Claudette angry when she would go to downtown Montgomery?
(a) That the buses the blacks wrote were constantly breaking down.
(b) That the buses were only air conditioned in the white sections.
(c) That there were racists signs in store windows.
(d) That she could not try on clothes.

6. Why did two Montgomery police come on board the bus?
(a) To arrest Claudette.
(b) To talk to Claudette and convince her to move.
(c) To talk to the bus driver and tell him he was breaking the law.
(d) They did not come on board the bus.

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

8. What happened when Claudette rode with the police?
(a) They slapped her around.
(b) They didn't talk to her at all.
(c) They were kind to her.
(d) They ridiculed her.

9. Of what group is Jo Ann Robinson a member?
(a) Women's Democratic League.
(b) Women's Political Council.
(c) DAR.
(d) Toastmistress.

10. What did Claudette feel about the blacks' self image?
(a) That they hated themselves.
(b) She did not express an opinion about that.
(c) That they had a good, strong self image.
(d) That they were too proud.

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

12. What does the narrator say controlled Claudette's life?
(a) Jim Crow.
(b) The school she attends.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Her neighborhood boundaries.

13. Who was the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Medgar Evers.
(c) W.E.B. Dubois.
(d) James Forman.

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

15. What were the professional jobs blacks were allowed?
(a) Doctor or dentist.
(b) Pastor or teacher.
(c) Lawyer or dentist.
(d) Doctor or pastor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Claudette's family stay up that night?

2. What did the judge do?

3. Who is Mr. E. D. Nixon?

4. Who is Mrs. Hamilton?

5. Who was Mary Louise Smith?

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