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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. Where did blacks have to sit on the bus?
(a) On the front left.
(b) In the back.
(c) On the front right.
(d) In the front.

2. Who was Miss Geraldine Nesbitt?
(a) One of Claudette's teachers.
(b) The lawyer defending Reeves.
(c) The principal of Washington High.
(d) Claudette's best friend.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Supreme Court do in 1954?

2. Who came up while Claudette was still standing with the white boys?

3. How did some of the white people insult Claudette?

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

5. Why did the person do that to Claudette?

(see the answer key)

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