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

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

3. What were the professional jobs blacks were allowed?
(a) Pastor or teacher.
(b) Doctor or dentist.
(c) Doctor or pastor.
(d) Lawyer or dentist.

4. What happened in Montgomery if the seats were full and a white got on the bus?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A black had to give up his/her seat.
(c) 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.
(d) 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.

5. Where is Claudette born?
(a) Pensacola.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Shreveport.
(d) Mobile.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka ruled upon?

3. What is one thing Jim Crow did to the blacks?

4. What is one thing Claudette spent a lot of time doing?

5. What did the boys do when Claudette and the white boys touched each other's hands?

(see the answer key)

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