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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3, Jim Crow and the Detested Number Ten, Coot,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where did Geraldine Nesbitt hold an M.A.?
(a) University of Alabama.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Stanford University.
(d) Harvard University.

2. What happened in Montgomery if the seats were full and a white got on the bus?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A black had to give up his/her seat.
(c) The bus driver would move the black section back a row on the left so the white did not have to sit near a black.
(d) The bus driver would move the black section back a row on the right so the white did not have to sit near a black.

3. Who became involved in Jeremiah Reeves' case?
(a) The NAACP.
(b) Amnesty International.
(c) No one as they were too scared.
(d) The Anti-defamation League.

4. When does Claudette next see her sister Delphine?
(a) In high school.
(b) Never.
(c) After she died.
(d) The next school year.

5. Who did Claudette call "mom and dad"?
(a) Her grandparents.
(b) Her maternal aunt and uncle.
(c) Her great aunt and uncle.
(d) Her biological parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Claudette go to live when she is a baby?

2. What did 75 percent of the black men do in the 1950s?

3. When did Claudette move to the suburbs in Montgomery?

4. What did some of the white men on the buses carry?

5. About what was Claudette curious?

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