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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did city officials continue to do in the summer of 1956?
(a) Crushed the boycott.
(b) Assassinated the black leaders.
(c) Appealed the court case.
(d) Reconciled with the black leaders.

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

3. Who first dug up Claudette's story in 1975?
(a) Frank Sikora.
(b) Peter Johnson.
(c) Cecelia Kitenger.
(d) Tom Pastre.

4. Where did Claudette sit at the rally?
(a) She did not attend.
(b) In the front row of the audience.
(c) Up on the platform next to Parks.
(d) In the very back.

5. What did people say about Claudette when she left Montgomery?
(a) She was brave.
(b) She didn't care about civil rights.
(c) She was crazy.
(d) She was stupid.

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

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

8. What did Jo Ann Robinson write?
(a) A letter to the Governor of Alabama.
(b) A letter to the President of the United States.
(c) A list of grievences.
(d) A boycott pledge.

9. Who did the segregationist single out as being the cause of all the problems in Montgomery?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) Claudette Colvin.
(c) Fred Gray.
(d) Martin Luther King.

10. Why did Claudette not have an abortion?
(a) She wanted her baby to grow up in a better world which looked likely.
(b) It was immoral.
(c) It was illegal.
(d) It was too expensive.

11. What did Dr. King encourage people to do?
(a) Attack the bus drivers.
(b) Ride the buses.
(c) Provoke the white separatists.
(d) Be loving and peaceful.

12. What did Claudette have time to do when she was alone in Birmingham?
(a) Find a boyfriend.
(b) Contemplate her life.
(c) Get to know her biological parents.
(d) Study more in school.

13. What was held the night of December 5th?
(a) A celebratory rally.
(b) A prayer vigil.
(c) Neighborhood potluck dinners.
(d) Nothing as they wanted to give the police not excuses for harrassment.

14. What was the name of Claudette's second son?
(a) Martin.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Travis.
(d) Randy.

15. What were the charges against Parks?
(a) Disorderly conduct.
(b) Disobeying a lawful order.
(c) Violating the bus segregation laws.
(d) Disorderly conduct and violating the bus segregation laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the three judges take to make their decision?

2. What did King say when Claudette met him?

3. How did Claudette feel at this time?

4. When would the Supreme Court consider the case?

5. What was the name of the prosecutor on case?

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