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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Claudette's parents feel about her as they left the court house?
(a) Angry.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Upset.
(d) Proud.

2. How long did Claudette stay in Birmingham?
(a) Six months.
(b) Five days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) A month.

3. What did city officials continue to do in the summer of 1956?
(a) Appealed the court case.
(b) Assassinated the black leaders.
(c) Crushed the boycott.
(d) Reconciled with the black leaders.

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

5. What did the first three plaintiffs testify to when Gray presented them?
(a) Sitting in jail without being charged.
(b) Being dragged off a bus.
(c) Their poor treatment on the buses.
(d) Being beatened by police officers.

6. What did King say when Claudette met him?
(a) He upbraided her for her pregnancy.
(b) She never met him.
(c) He complimented her.
(d) He told her to go back to school.

7. What did people say about Claudette when she left Montgomery?
(a) She was crazy.
(b) She was stupid.
(c) She didn't care about civil rights.
(d) She was brave.

8. What were the charges against Parks?
(a) Violating the bus segregation laws.
(b) Disorderly conduct.
(c) Disobeying a lawful order.
(d) Disorderly conduct and violating the bus segregation laws.

9. What did Claudette notice on the bus boycott?
(a) Her name was misspelled.
(b) Her name was left off.
(c) Her name was at the top and had a star by it.
(d) Her name was near the bottom of the list of thousands.

10. What did segregationists use to arrest black leaders in Montgomery?
(a) Private detectives.
(b) Crooked judges.
(c) Planted evidence.
(d) An obscure anti-boycott law.

11. How did Parks act when she was arrested?
(a) Sullen.
(b) Hysterical.
(c) She verbally assaults the arresting officers.
(d) Calmly and without resisting.

12. Who gave the main speech?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) W. E. B. Dubois.
(c) Dr. Martin Luther King.
(d) Medgar Evers.

13. How did the black community feel after Parks' arrest?
(a) Angrier.
(b) Pacified.
(c) Confused.
(d) Indifferent.

14. Why was Claudette kicked out of school?
(a) She refused to obey the principal about the boycott.
(b) She got married.
(c) She started showing her pregnancy.
(d) She had a felony record.

15. How many blacks rode the buses on the morning of December 5th?
(a) 0.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Claudette need after the boycott ended?

2. How old was Parks at the time of her arrest?

3. Where was Claudette when the first symbolic bus rides were taken after the boycott ended?

4. How did King characterize the kind of justice they seek?

5. How did Claudette feel at this time?

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