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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the youth group of the NAACP change to become better attended?
(a) Through Claudette's influence.
(b) It was always highly attended.
(c) It began to be required in school.
(d) Dr. King went out and proselytized.

3. What was Parks permitted to do?
(a) Sit in the reception room instead of a jail cell.
(b) Call her family.
(c) Go home and promise to come back to court.
(d) Leave jail the next morning for an hour to get breakfast.

4. Why were there reporters coming to Montgomery?
(a) To pressure Mayor Gayle.
(b) To support Mayor Gayle.
(c) To try to stem the violence.
(d) To cover the protests and boycott.

5. When was Rosa Parks arrested?
(a) On December 1, 1955.
(b) On January 1, 1954.
(c) On December 1, 1953.
(d) On January 1, 1956.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sometimes happened if a black person stood up to a driver?

2. What did Claudette feel about the blacks' self image?

3. Who was the secretary of the Montgomery NAACP at that time?

4. Who did Claudette call "mom and dad"?

5. What did Dr. King encourage people to do?

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