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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Claudette need after the boycott ended?
(a) Work and money.
(b) A father for her son.
(c) A place to live.
(d) To finish school.

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

3. How did Claudette feel about the bus boycott?
(a) She thought it was the wrong approach.
(b) Left out.
(c) Enthusiastic.
(d) Angry.

4. How did Claudette feel at this time?
(a) Energized.
(b) Angry.
(c) Depressed and lonely.
(d) Exuberant.

5. How did the black community feel after Parks' arrest?
(a) Confused.
(b) Angrier.
(c) Pacified.
(d) Indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were there reporters coming to Montgomery?

2. What did people say about Claudette when she left Montgomery?

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

4. What did Jo Ann Robinson write?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Claudette do about the celebration?

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

6. When was Claudette's baby born, what was his name and what did she do while waiting for the lawsuit?

7. What was happening with the bus line by late January and how did the city leaders respond to that?

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

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

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

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