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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9-10/Epilogue, Browder v. Gale, Rage in Montgomery, History's Door.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Claudette sit in the front of the bus on March 2, 1955?
(a) She had a cast on her broken foot.
(b) She started talking to a white girl who invited her to sit by her.
(c) She was getting off at the very next stop.
(d) No whites were there.

2. How much did blacks make in relation to whites?
(a) One-third.
(b) Half.
(c) Four-fifths.
(d) Two-thirds.

3. Where was Claudette when the first symbolic bus rides were taken after the boycott ended?
(a) Nowhere to be found.
(b) She was at the television station for an interview.
(c) In Birmingham.
(d) On the lead bus.

4. What happened at the next stop the bus made?
(a) Claudette's mom is waiting for her.
(b) A policeman is waiting to arrest Claudette.
(c) Claudette gets up to leave but the young white man prevents her.
(d) The bus hits a telephone pole.

5. How many people heard Claudette speak in 2005?
(a) Four hundred.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) A thousand.
(d) Two thousand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Claudette become a nurse?

3. Who was Miss Geraldine Nesbitt?

4. What did Claudette feel about the blacks' self image?

5. What did this practice mentioned in question 22 violate?

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