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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 is one thing Claudette spent a lot of time doing?
(a) Writing her parents.
(b) Cleaning white people's homes.
(c) Praying.
(d) Track and field events.

2. Why did the person do that to Claudette?
(a) Because Claudette spit on the sidewalk in front of the boys.
(b) To get her away from the boys.
(c) Because the boys had gone beyond what was considered ok.
(d) To teach her not to touch white people.

3. In what decades are her childhood years?
(a) 1930-40s.
(b) 1920-30s.
(c) 1940-50s.
(d) 1950-60s.

4. Who agreed with Claudette's mother?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) No one.
(c) The white boys' mother.
(d) Claudette's grandmother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka do?

2. What were the professional jobs blacks were allowed?

3. Where is Claudette born?

4. What made Claudette angry when she would go to downtown Montgomery?

5. Who came up while Claudette was still standing with the white boys?

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