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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 is Fred Gray?
(a) The prosecutor in Claudette's trial.
(b) The judge in Claudette's trial.
(c) Claudette's best friend's father.
(d) Claudette's lawyer.

2. What did Robinson collect?
(a) Money for Claudette's defense.
(b) Stories of abuse by bus drivers.
(c) Stories of legal triumphs for black rights.
(d) Money for Claudette's family to move North.

3. What did everyone lose interest in except Gray?
(a) Appealing Claudette's case further.
(b) A bus boycott.
(c) Civil rights.
(d) Claudette's future.

4. Who came up while Claudette was still standing with the white boys?
(a) The boys' mother.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

5. Where does Claudette go to live when she is a baby?
(a) With a great aunt and uncle.
(b) With her mother's sister.
(c) With her grandmother.
(d) With her father's sister.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what state does Claudette Colvin grow up?

3. What did the Supreme Court do in 1954?

4. Why were some people angry at Claudette?

5. Who is Mr. E. D. Nixon?

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