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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 did Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka do?
(a) Nothing as it was quickly overturned.
(b) Upheld segregation in public schools.
(c) Outlawed segregation in public schools.
(d) Created the separate but equal ruling.

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

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

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

5. Who was Miss Geraldine Nesbitt?
(a) Claudette's best friend.
(b) One of Claudette's teachers.
(c) The principal of Washington High.
(d) The lawyer defending Reeves.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what was Jeremiah Reeves sentenced to death?

2. What did Claudette want to do after reading about Harriet Tubman?

3. Who did Claudette call "mom and dad"?

4. What happened in Montgomery if the seats were full and a white got on the bus?

5. Who became involved in Jeremiah Reeves' case?

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