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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sometimes happened if a black person stood up to a driver?
(a) S/he was fined.
(b) They were barred from ever using the bus again.
(c) They were thrown in jail.
(d) They were barred from the buses for a month.

2. Why did Claudette sit in the front of the bus on March 2, 1955?
(a) She was getting off at the very next stop.
(b) No whites were there.
(c) She had a cast on her broken foot.
(d) She started talking to a white girl who invited her to sit by her.

3. How old was Parks at the time of her arrest?
(a) Late 60s.
(b) Early 70s.
(c) Early 20s.
(d) Early 40s.

4. What organization helped to create an alternative transport system?
(a) Montgomery Association of Negro Freedom Fighters. (MANFF).
(b) Blacks for an Equal Montgomery (BEM).
(c) Association for Black Civil Rights (ABCR).
(d) Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA).

5. Why did Parks' arrest spark such a reaction?
(a) She was a very respected member of the black community.
(b) It came in light of Claudette's previous arrest.
(c) She was subjected to a group of white men's jeers and catcalls.
(d) She was beaten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the judge decide?

2. What did Claudette have time to do when she was alone in Birmingham?

3. Why did Claudette's family stay up that night?

4. What else could Gray appeal constitutionally?

5. Why were there reporters coming to Montgomery?

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