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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what is Fred Gray committed?
(a) Winning a prison sentence against Claudette.
(b) Upholding the system of segregation.
(c) Ending segregation.
(d) Keeping the sitution about Claudette from becoming a circus.

2. What happened to Brooks in 1952?
(a) She was barred from the buses for the rest of her life and had to quit her job.
(b) He was hit by a black woman who refused to give up her seat.
(c) He was shot by a police officer for standing up to a driver.
(d) She was fined.

3. What did the Police Commissioner do?
(a) Refused to drop the charges.
(b) Agreed to lessen the charges.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Agreed to drop the charges.

4. How old was Claudette when she learned about what happens when blacks act out against whites?
(a) 18.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

5. Who is Claudette Colvin?
(a) The narrator at the opening of the book.
(b) The author of the book.
(c) The white girl whose best friend was black.
(d) The antagonist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did many of the black people think of Claudette?

2. What did the judge do?

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

4. What did Claudette want to do after reading about Harriet Tubman?

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

(see the answer key)

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