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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. What happened at the next stop the bus made?
(a) Claudette gets up to leave but the young white man prevents her.
(b) Claudette's mom is waiting for her.
(c) A policeman is waiting to arrest Claudette.
(d) The bus hits a telephone pole.

2. How old was Parks at the time of her arrest?
(a) Early 70s.
(b) Early 40s.
(c) Early 20s.
(d) Late 60s.

3. When did Claudette go to court the second time?
(a) January, 1957.
(b) June, 1956.
(c) October, 1955.
(d) May, 1956.

4. What does Fred Gray urge?
(a) That Claudette's family move away from Montgomery and the charges would be dropped.
(b) That Claudette apologize publicly to the bus driver.
(c) Claudette's family to consider the hazard of contesting the charge.
(d) A plea bargain.

5. How were the races interacting during this time?
(a) Loosely segregated.
(b) Heavily segregated.
(c) The blacks were confined to neighborhoods by tall fences.
(d) Segregated, but if a black was well educated and wealthy, they could live in white areas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worried Claudette more than the court decision?

2. What started happening to churches in the summer?

3. What did Claudette have time to do when she was alone in Birmingham?

4. What did the City Lines have to do in response to the boycott?

5. What does the narrator say controlled Claudette's life?

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