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

2. What did the Supreme Court do in 1954?
(a) Declined to consider it.
(b) Upheld Reeves' sentence.
(c) Threw out Reeves' case.
(d) Upheld Reeves' conviction.

3. How did some of the white people insult Claudette?
(a) By making her walk ten feet behind them.
(b) She doesn't remember being insulted by whites.
(c) By calling her "Nig."
(d) By calling her "Coot."

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

5. Where is Claudette born?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Mobile.
(c) Pensacola.
(d) Shreveport.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sometimes happened if a black person stood up to a driver?

2. What did the boys do when Claudette and the white boys touched each other's hands?

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

4. What did the white boys want of Claudette?

5. How old was Claudette when she learned about what happens when blacks act out against whites?

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