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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did two Montgomery police come on board the bus?
(a) To talk to Claudette and convince her to move.
(b) They did not come on board the bus.
(c) To arrest Claudette.
(d) To talk to the bus driver and tell him he was breaking the law.

2. What was Claudette's involvement in the NAACP?
(a) She quit as she felt betrayed by them.
(b) She was elected the President.
(c) She attended the meetings sporadically.
(d) She became the youth secretary.

3. What did the Supreme Court do in 1954?
(a) Upheld Reeves' sentence.
(b) Threw out Reeves' case.
(c) Declined to consider it.
(d) Upheld Reeves' conviction.

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

5. How did some of the white people insult Claudette?
(a) By calling her "Nig."
(b) She doesn't remember being insulted by whites.
(c) By calling her "Coot."
(d) By making her walk ten feet behind them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robinson's group threaten?

2. In 1950, what percent of black women were maids for white families?

3. When was Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka ruled upon?

4. Where did Claudette go when she left Birmingham?

5. Where did Claudette sit at the rally?

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