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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 much did blacks make in relation to whites?
(a) One-third.
(b) Half.
(c) Four-fifths.
(d) Two-thirds.

2. From where did Geraldine Nesbitt hold an M.A.?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) University of Alabama.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) Stanford University.

3. Who was Miss Geraldine Nesbitt?
(a) Claudette's best friend.
(b) The lawyer defending Reeves.
(c) One of Claudette's teachers.
(d) The principal of Washington High.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what was Claudette curious?

2. What did the Supreme Court do in 1954?

3. When does Claudette next see her sister Delphine?

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

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

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