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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) Four-fifths.
(b) Two-thirds.
(c) Half.
(d) One-third.

2. When does Claudette next see her sister Delphine?
(a) After she died.
(b) In high school.
(c) The next school year.
(d) Never.

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

4. Who became involved in Jeremiah Reeves' case?
(a) The NAACP.
(b) No one as they were too scared.
(c) The Anti-defamation League.
(d) Amnesty International.

5. What is one thing Claudette spent a lot of time doing?
(a) Praying.
(b) Writing her parents.
(c) Track and field events.
(d) Cleaning white people's homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state does Claudette Colvin grow up?

2. Why did blacks depend upon buses?

3. How old was Claudette when she learned about what happens when blacks act out against whites?

4. What did the Supreme Court do in 1954?

5. When was Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka ruled upon?

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