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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3, Jim Crow and the Detested Number Ten, Coot,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did blacks depend upon buses?
(a) To get to the grocery store.
(b) They did not depend on the buses.
(c) To reach their white employers.
(d) To visit friends and family.

2. Who is Claudette Colvin?
(a) The narrator at the opening of the book.
(b) The antagonist.
(c) The author of the book.
(d) The white girl whose best friend was black.

3. When did Claudette move to the suburbs in Montgomery?
(a) At age 5.
(b) At age 8.
(c) At age 15.
(d) At age 4.

4. What did the Supreme Court do in 1954?
(a) Declined to consider it.
(b) Upheld Reeves' sentence.
(c) Threw out Reeves' case.
(d) Upheld Reeves' conviction.

5. How were the races interacting during this time?
(a) Loosely segregated.
(b) Segregated, but if a black was well educated and wealthy, they could live in white areas.
(c) Heavily segregated.
(d) The blacks were confined to neighborhoods by tall fences.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what was Jeremiah Reeves sentenced to death?

2. Why was it hard for Claudette to be popular at Booker T. Washington High?

3. What did this practice mentioned in question 22 violate?

4. What were the professional jobs blacks were allowed?

5. About what was Claudette curious?

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