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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What started happening to churches in the summer?
(a) Being bombed.
(b) The city started condemning the church buildings.
(c) Being filled to capacity.
(d) They were set up as first aid stations.

2. What did Gayle say about the case?
(a) The city would obey.
(b) The city would appeal.
(c) The city was happy to be vindicated.
(d) He would resign his position.

3. How many people heard Claudette speak in 2005?
(a) A thousand.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) Four hundred.
(d) Two thousand.

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

5. What did the City Lines have to do in response to the boycott?
(a) Lower fares.
(b) Raise the cost of a ticket.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Shut down bus lines and lay off drivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Claudette need after the boycott ended?

2. Why did Parks' arrest spark such a reaction?

3. Why was Claudette kicked out of school?

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

5. What did the first three plaintiffs testify to when Gray presented them?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the segregationists fight the bus boycott?

2. Why did Claudette leave school and why did she feel left out of the bus boycott movement?

3. How does Claudette get to the court, how many days had the boycott been going when she went to court and how did blacks feel about the court case?

4. What did Gray do as a second front for the bus boycott?

5. What did the three judges think about the court case and what was the end result?

6. Why was Claudette considered a bad choice to be the "poster person" for a bus boycott? What did she say about her problem?

7. How did the blacks get around Montgomery during the bus boycott?

8. What did Claudette feel about her new home, how long did she stay and why did she leave?

9. What did the Mayor of Montgomery say about the segregation and what was Judge Rives response?

10. When was Claudette's baby born, what was his name and what did she do while waiting for the lawsuit?

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