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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) Mississippi.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Texas.
(d) Alabama.

2. What happened to Brooks in 1952?
(a) She was barred from the buses for the rest of her life and had to quit her job.
(b) He was shot by a police officer for standing up to a driver.
(c) He was hit by a black woman who refused to give up her seat.
(d) She was fined.

3. What is one thing Claudette spent a lot of time doing?
(a) Writing her parents.
(b) Cleaning white people's homes.
(c) Track and field events.
(d) Praying.

4. In 1950, what percent of black women were maids for white families?
(a) 22.
(b) 12.
(c) 60.
(d) 89.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did some of the white men on the buses carry?

2. In what decades are her childhood years?

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

4. What does the narrator say controlled Claudette's life?

5. What did Claudette feel about the blacks' self image?

(see the answer key)

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