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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. What happened in Montgomery if the seats were full and a white got on the bus?
(a) Nothing.
(b) 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.
(c) A black had to give up his/her seat.
(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.

2. What does the person who came up to Claudette do?
(a) Pulls Claudette aside to say something to her in private.
(b) Arrest Claudette.
(c) Arrest the boys.
(d) Slaps Claudette.

3. What is one thing Jim Crow did to the blacks?
(a) Gave them opportunities for better jobs.
(b) Kept them poor.
(c) Kept them fighting among themselves.
(d) Gave them opportunities for education.

4. What is one thing blacks and whites could not do together?
(a) Shop at the same farmer's market.
(b) Play on the same sports team.
(c) Ride on the same train.
(d) Watch a sports event in a stadium.

5. What happens to Delphine in the summer of 1952?
(a) She contracted polio.
(b) She went back to stay with her biological parents.
(c) She contracted mumps.
(d) She is arrested.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what was Jeremiah Reeves sentenced to death?

2. Who was Miss Geraldine Nesbitt?

3. In what decades are her childhood years?

4. Who is Claudette Colvin?

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

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