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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. What was held the night of December 5th?

2. How did Claudette finish high school?

3. What did segregationists use to arrest black leaders in Montgomery?

4. When did Claudette go to court the second time?

5. What did the City Lines have to do in response to the boycott?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did vow to do when the Supreme Court upheld the court's decision and what happened finally? Where was Claudette on the first day the blacks began to ride the bus again?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How and when did the bus boycott get started?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Claudette had great courage but was not properly recognized for it. It was Claudette who first fought the segregation laws, and it was Claudette who suffered having a blemish on her criminal record that would keep her from getting many ordinary jobs after high school. Claudette endures the taunting and hatred of her classmates who did not want to suffer for their rights as she did. But Claudette remained strong despite it all.

1. What do you think is the definition of courage? What are the ways in which Claudette showed her courage? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Why do you think Claudette's classmates gave her such a difficult time? Do you think they felt guilty? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss the reasons you think Claudette stood up for her rights on the bus. Do you think she did it for the recognition? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Claudette felt alone and hurt by Rosa Parks' accomplishments and the way the black community rallied around her. But she had to worry about other things, like being ostracized and kicked out of school and about how she would take care of her baby.

1. Why do you think Claudette felt alone and hurt? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think unwed pregnant teenagers should be kicked out of school? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Do you think people didn't help Claudette with the baby because they thought it was wrong for her to get pregnant or because they just didn't think about it? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

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