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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. Who commanded the buses in Montgomery?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) Tough men.
(c) The KKK.
(d) The police.

2. When was Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka ruled upon?
(a) August 27, 1951.
(b) August 27, 1958.
(c) May 17, 1954.
(d) May 17, 1959.

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

4. What did 75 percent of the black men do in the 1950s?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Unskilled labor.
(c) They were able to get decent educations and work as clerical and service persons.
(d) Farm.

5. What did Claudette want to do after reading about Harriet Tubman?
(a) Pass as white.
(b) Help desegregate the Northern schools where it was possible to do so.
(c) Liberate her people.
(d) Move to Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who became involved in Jeremiah Reeves' case?

2. Who agreed with Claudette's mother?

3. What happened to Brooks in 1952?

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

5. What happens to Delphine in the summer of 1952?

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