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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 is Delphine?
(a) Claudette's best friend.
(b) Claudette's great aunt.
(c) Claudette's younger sister.
(d) Claudette's aunt.

2. When does Claudette next see her sister Delphine?
(a) The next school year.
(b) Never.
(c) In high school.
(d) After she died.

3. What did some of the white men on the buses carry?
(a) Billy clubs.
(b) Knives.
(c) Gloves so they didn't have to touch a black person.
(d) Guns.

4. Why did blacks depend upon buses?
(a) To visit friends and family.
(b) To reach their white employers.
(c) They did not depend on the buses.
(d) To get to the grocery store.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did some of the white people insult Claudette?

2. What happened to Brooks in 1952?

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

4. Why was it hard for Claudette to be popular at Booker T. Washington High?

5. How much did blacks make in relation to whites?

(see the answer key)

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