View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What changed as the bus moved onward on its route?
(a) The bus broke down in an all-white neighborhood.
(b) The police stopped the bus looking for a fugitive.
(c) The bus did not stop at her stop.
(d) The bus filled and a white woman was standing.

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

3. What is one thing blacks and whites could not do together?
(a) Play on the same sports team.
(b) Watch a sports event in a stadium.
(c) Shop at the same farmer's market.
(d) Ride on the same train.

4. Why did blacks depend upon buses?
(a) To visit friends and family.
(b) To get to the grocery store.
(c) To reach their white employers.
(d) They did not depend on the buses.

5. Who gave the main speech?
(a) Dr. Martin Luther King.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Medgar Evers.
(d) W. E. B. Dubois.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Claudette Colvin?

2. What was Claudette's involvement in the NAACP?

3. How did Claudette feel at this time?

4. Under what name did Claudette start her new school?

5. How did the youth group of the NAACP change to become better attended?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 285 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample