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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 sometimes happened if a black person stood up to a driver?
(a) They were barred from the buses for a month.
(b) They were thrown in jail.
(c) They were barred from ever using the bus again.
(d) S/he was fined.

2. In what decades are her childhood years?
(a) 1950-60s.
(b) 1940-50s.
(c) 1920-30s.
(d) 1930-40s.

3. How old was Claudette when she learned about what happens when blacks act out against whites?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 18.

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

5. 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) 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.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A black had to give up his/her seat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the professional jobs blacks were allowed?

2. Where did blacks have to sit on the bus?

3. What did 75 percent of the black men do in the 1950s?

4. What did the Supreme Court do in 1954?

5. Where is Claudette born?

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