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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Montgomery Circuit Court adjudicate about Claudette's conviction?
(a) Upheld the conviction on all the charges.
(b) Dropped all but assault on a police officer.
(c) Declined to review the case.
(d) Dropped all the charges.

2. What happens to Delphine in the summer of 1952?
(a) She is arrested.
(b) She contracted polio.
(c) She contracted mumps.
(d) She went back to stay with her biological parents.

3. When was Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka ruled upon?
(a) May 17, 1954.
(b) August 27, 1958.
(c) May 17, 1959.
(d) August 27, 1951.

4. What happened in Montgomery if the seats were full and a white got on the bus?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A black had to give up his/her seat.
(c) The bus driver would move the black section back a row on the right so the white did not have to sit near a black.
(d) The bus driver would move the black section back a row on the left so the white did not have to sit near a black.

5. Where is Claudette born?
(a) Shreveport.
(b) Mobile.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Pensacola.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robinson's group threaten?

2. Who is Jo Ann Robinson?

3. Who was the secretary of the Montgomery NAACP at that time?

4. For what was Jeremiah Reeves sentenced to death?

5. Why were some people angry at Claudette?

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