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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what point of view does the narration change from the opening of the book?
(a) Third person.
(b) First person.
(c) It stays the same.
(d) Second person.

2. What is one thing Claudette spent a lot of time doing?
(a) Cleaning white people's homes.
(b) Track and field events.
(c) Writing her parents.
(d) Praying.

3. In what decades are her childhood years?
(a) 1930-40s.
(b) 1920-30s.
(c) 1950-60s.
(d) 1940-50s.

4. How did Claudette feel about the Civil Rights movement when she was in Birmingham?
(a) She wanted to be a part of it.
(b) She wanted it to succeed but had no desire to help.
(c) She was indifferent.
(d) She was angry at it.

5. Who became involved in Jeremiah Reeves' case?
(a) The NAACP.
(b) The Anti-defamation League.
(c) No one as they were too scared.
(d) Amnesty International.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say controlled Claudette's life?

2. What did 75 percent of the black men do in the 1950s?

3. Who came up while Claudette was still standing with the white boys?

4. What kind of changes did black leaders want?

5. What did the community do for Claudette?

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