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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. In what state does Claudette Colvin grow up?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Texas.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Georgia.

2. What happened in Montgomery if the seats were full and a white got on the bus?
(a) The bus driver would move the black section back a row on the right so the white did not have to sit near a black.
(b) A black had to give up his/her seat.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The bus driver would move the black section back a row on the left so the white did not have to sit near a black.

3. What did this practice mentioned in question 22 violate?
(a) The Federal bus law.
(b) The county bus law.
(c) The city bus law.
(d) The State bus law.

4. What does the person who came up to Claudette do?
(a) Arrest Claudette.
(b) Arrest the boys.
(c) Slaps Claudette.
(d) Pulls Claudette aside to say something to her in private.

5. Who came up while Claudette was still standing with the white boys?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) The boys' mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did Geraldine Nesbitt hold an M.A.?

2. Who commanded the buses in Montgomery?

3. What is one thing blacks and whites could not do together?

4. To what point of view does the narration change from the opening of the book?

5. Who was Miss Geraldine Nesbitt?

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