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

3. What is one thing Jim Crow did to the blacks?
(a) Gave them opportunities for better jobs.
(b) Gave them opportunities for education.
(c) Kept them fighting among themselves.
(d) Kept them poor.

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

5. What did the white boys want of Claudette?
(a) To see her hands.
(b) To take her to the movies.
(c) To steal her dog.
(d) To steal her coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the races interacting during this time?

2. What did the Supreme Court do in 1954?

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

4. About what was Claudette curious?

5. Who is Delphine?

(see the answer key)

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