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

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

3. For what was Jeremiah Reeves sentenced to death?
(a) Killing a black child.
(b) Raping a white woman.
(c) Killing a police officer.
(d) Raping a black woman.

4. When did Claudette move to the suburbs in Montgomery?
(a) At age 15.
(b) At age 5.
(c) At age 8.
(d) At age 4.

5. About what was Claudette curious?
(a) How it came to be that whites had so much power over blacks.
(b) What it would be like to be a white person.
(c) If her white friends thought she was inferior.
(d) Why God created people of different races.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the person do that to Claudette?

2. To what point of view does the narration change from the opening of the book?

3. What did 75 percent of the black men do in the 1950s?

4. What did the Supreme Court do in 1954?

5. What happened in Montgomery if the seats were full and a white got on the bus?

(see the answer key)

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