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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Claudette feel when she went on the stand?

2. Why did Gray put Claudette last on the stand?

3. Who first dug up Claudette's story in 1975?

4. What was Parks permitted to do?

5. Where did Claudette leave Raymond when she went to New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Claudette become known again in the 1970's and how did she feel about that?

2. What did Claudette do when she returned to Montgomery?

3. Why was Parks considered a good figurehead for the bus boycott?

4. Why was Claudette afraid after the boycott ended, who did she meet and what kind of help did she need but not receive?

5. When did Claudette speak to the students at Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in Montgomery, Alabama? What did Claudette do in 1957?

6. How did Gray begin his arguments, what did the prosecutor accuse the plaintiffs of and what did they say to his accusations?

7. How long did the judges take with their decision and what was Mayor Gayle's response?

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

9. How did the boycott protesters feel about the court's decision and why? What did the court begin to receive?

10. What happened to Rosa Parks when she was arrested and why did this make the black community angry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Through the summer of 1956, the city officials tried to crush the boycott and singled out Dr. King. The NAACP sent reinforcements, but King was found guilty of trumped up charges and was sentenced to spend a year in hard labor. Churches started to be bombed and violence erupted.

1. Discuss what problems there are in a justice system in which someone can be convicted of trumped up charges. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. With research discuss why the NAACP might send help to Dr. King. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. There are some people who believe no change can come without violence. Defend or refute this statement.

Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Claudette was most curious about how whites came to rule them. She was taught that whites thought they were a special race, but she did not believe it.

1. Do you think the history blacks learned in school was the truth about how whites came to "rule" them? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. What changes do you think it makes to black children's lives now that black history is taught in schools? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. What evidence do you think Claudette saw in her life to make her believe that whites were not a special race? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Do you think racism still exists in the United States? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss in dept several things that you can do in your own life to help stop prejudice against any group of people. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. According to the hate crime law any person harming another person and the primary motivation is prejudice or hatred that crime is more serious than the same act against a person that does not have that motivation. Do you think this is a good law? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

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