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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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 the bus driver and tell him he was breaking the law.
(c) To talk to Claudette and convince her to move.
(d) To arrest Claudette.

2. What did the Montgomery Circuit Court adjudicate about Claudette's conviction?
(a) Declined to review the case.
(b) Upheld the conviction on all the charges.
(c) Dropped all the charges.
(d) Dropped all but assault on a police officer.

3. Why were some people angry at Claudette?
(a) She acted like a celebrity.
(b) They were all proud of her, not angry.
(c) Her actions causes more problems with bus drivers.
(d) She talked to the press and gave them a bad impression of blacks.

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

5. What did this practice mentioned in question 22 violate?
(a) The Federal bus law.
(b) The city bus law.
(c) The county bus law.
(d) The State bus law.

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

7. What did the boys do when Claudette and the white boys touched each other's hands?
(a) Slap Claudette.
(b) Yell at Claudette.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Push Claudette down.

8. When does Claudette next see her sister Delphine?
(a) In high school.
(b) After she died.
(c) Never.
(d) The next school year.

9. What did Reverend Johnson do?
(a) Met Claudette and her mother when they came back from the police station.
(b) Told Claudette she was wrong to have created a fuss.
(c) Bailed out Claudette.
(d) Talked to the bus driver.

10. Who was the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) James Forman.
(b) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Medgar Evers.
(d) W.E.B. Dubois.

11. What did 75 percent of the black men do in the 1950s?
(a) Unskilled labor.
(b) They were able to get decent educations and work as clerical and service persons.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Farm.

12. Who became involved in Jeremiah Reeves' case?
(a) The Anti-defamation League.
(b) Amnesty International.
(c) The NAACP.
(d) No one as they were too scared.

13. Who is Delphine?
(a) Claudette's best friend.
(b) Claudette's great aunt.
(c) Claudette's younger sister.
(d) Claudette's aunt.

14. What does the narrator say controlled Claudette's life?
(a) The school she attends.
(b) Jim Crow.
(c) Her neighborhood boundaries.
(d) Nothing.

15. What is one thing Jim Crow did to the blacks?
(a) Kept them fighting among themselves.
(b) Gave them opportunities for education.
(c) Kept them poor.
(d) Gave them opportunities for better jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. E. D. Nixon?

2. How many charges did Claudette face?

3. How old was Claudette when she learned about what happens when blacks act out against whites?

4. What happened in Montgomery if the seats were full and a white got on the bus?

5. Who agreed with Claudette's mother?

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