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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) The blacks were confined to neighborhoods by tall fences.
(d) Segregated, but if a black was well educated and wealthy, they could live in white areas.

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

3. How did some of the white people insult Claudette?
(a) She doesn't remember being insulted by whites.
(b) By making her walk ten feet behind them.
(c) By calling her "Coot."
(d) By calling her "Nig."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Claudette born?

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

3. What did the white boys want of Claudette?

4. What made Claudette angry when she would go to downtown Montgomery?

5. Who commanded the buses in Montgomery?

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