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

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

3. What does the person who came up to Claudette do?
(a) Slaps Claudette.
(b) Pulls Claudette aside to say something to her in private.
(c) Arrest Claudette.
(d) Arrest the boys.

4. What did the Supreme Court do in 1954?
(a) Threw out Reeves' case.
(b) Declined to consider it.
(c) Upheld Reeves' conviction.
(d) Upheld Reeves' sentence.

5. To what point of view does the narration change from the opening of the book?
(a) It stays the same.
(b) Second person.
(c) Third person.
(d) First person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Claudette call "mom and dad"?

2. Who was Miss Geraldine Nesbitt?

3. What did Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka do?

4. For what was Jeremiah Reeves sentenced to death?

5. Who became involved in Jeremiah Reeves' case?

(see the answer key)

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