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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. How were the races interacting during this time?
(a) Loosely segregated.
(b) Heavily segregated.
(c) Segregated, but if a black was well educated and wealthy, they could live in white areas.
(d) The blacks were confined to neighborhoods by tall fences.

2. What did 75 percent of the black men do in the 1950s?
(a) They were able to get decent educations and work as clerical and service persons.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Farm.
(d) Unskilled labor.

3. Who became involved in Jeremiah Reeves' case?
(a) The NAACP.
(b) No one as they were too scared.
(c) Amnesty International.
(d) The Anti-defamation League.

4. Who agreed with Claudette's mother?
(a) No one.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) Claudette's grandmother.
(d) The white boys' mother.

5. What is one thing blacks and whites could not do together?
(a) Play on the same sports team.
(b) Ride on the same train.
(c) Watch a sports event in a stadium.
(d) Shop at the same farmer's market.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Claudette when she learned about what happens when blacks act out against whites?

3. What did the Supreme Court do in 1954?

4. When does Claudette next see her sister Delphine?

5. About what was Claudette curious?

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