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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9-10/Epilogue, Browder v. Gale, Rage in Montgomery, History's Door.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the judge do?
(a) Held the bus driver in contempt for lying.
(b) Put Claudette on probation.
(c) Withheld ajudication so Claudette would not have a criminal record.
(d) Held the police in contempt for false arrest.

3. Why did Claudette feel hurt?
(a) She was reviled for her arrest.
(b) She was told she was a bad example.
(c) Because she was ignored by the boycott planners.
(d) She was lectured for yelling when arrested.

4. Why was it hard for Claudette to be popular at Booker T. Washington High?
(a) Her parents were well to do and her friends were envious.
(b) She was light skinned and had straight hair.
(c) She was actually very popular.
(d) She was so smart.

5. Who is Claudette Colvin?
(a) The narrator at the opening of the book.
(b) The white girl whose best friend was black.
(c) The author of the book.
(d) The antagonist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who commanded the buses in Montgomery?

2. Who was Miss Geraldine Nesbitt?

3. What is one thing blacks and whites could not do together?

4. What else could Gray appeal constitutionally?

5. What did Claudette want to do after reading about Harriet Tubman?

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