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

2. What does Claudette say about sex?
(a) She knew she should wait for marriage, but the man pressured her.
(b) She knew almost nothing.
(c) She does not say anything about sex.
(d) She learned about sex in gym class.

3. Who did the segregationist single out as being the cause of all the problems in Montgomery?
(a) Rosa Parks.
(b) Fred Gray.
(c) Claudette Colvin.
(d) Martin Luther King.

4. What did Robinson's group threaten?
(a) Violence against bus drivers.
(b) A riot.
(c) A boycott of all businesses.
(d) A bus boycott.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Claudette feel about the Civil Rights movement when she was in Birmingham?

2. Why did Claudette feel hurt?

3. In what state does Claudette Colvin grow up?

4. Who is Fred Gray?

5. Who became involved in Jeremiah Reeves' case?

(see the answer key)

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