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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 two Montgomery police come on board the bus?
(a) They did not come on board the bus.
(b) To talk to Claudette and convince her to move.
(c) To talk to the bus driver and tell him he was breaking the law.
(d) To arrest Claudette.

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

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

4. What happened when Claudette rode with the police?
(a) They ridiculed her.
(b) They didn't talk to her at all.
(c) They slapped her around.
(d) They were kind to her.

5. What made Claudette angry when she would go to downtown Montgomery?
(a) That she could not try on clothes.
(b) That the buses the blacks wrote were constantly breaking down.
(c) That the buses were only air conditioned in the white sections.
(d) That there were racists signs in store windows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Delphine?

2. What did King say when Claudette met him?

3. Why was Claudette considered a political liability at this time?

4. What did Gayle say about the case?

5. Who did the segregationist single out as being the cause of all the problems in Montgomery?

(see the answer key)

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