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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. When was Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka ruled upon?
(a) May 17, 1959.
(b) August 27, 1958.
(c) May 17, 1954.
(d) August 27, 1951.

2. What sometimes happened if a black person stood up to a driver?
(a) They were barred from the buses for a month.
(b) They were thrown in jail.
(c) S/he was fined.
(d) They were barred from ever using the bus again.

3. What were the professional jobs blacks were allowed?
(a) Doctor or pastor.
(b) Lawyer or dentist.
(c) Pastor or teacher.
(d) Doctor or dentist.

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

5. What happens to Delphine in the summer of 1952?
(a) She is arrested.
(b) She went back to stay with her biological parents.
(c) She contracted mumps.
(d) She contracted polio.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happened to Brooks in 1952?

4. What is one thing Jim Crow did to the blacks?

5. Where did blacks have to sit on the bus?

(see the answer key)

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