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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Claudette want to do after studying the constitution?
(a) Move to another country which actually upheld its constitution.
(b) Write an essay about bus riding rights.
(c) Rebel.
(d) Become a lawyer.

2. What did the white boys want of Claudette?
(a) To take her to the movies.
(b) To steal her coat.
(c) To see her hands.
(d) To steal her dog.

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

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

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

6. Why were many worried about making Claudette the face of the movement?
(a) She was so light skinned.
(b) She was so young.
(c) She was not a convicted criminal.
(d) She was rebellious.

7. Why did Claudette's family stay up that night?
(a) They were constantly harrassed by whites coming by.
(b) To celebrate a milestone.
(c) They did not because it was a work night and didn't want to celebrate late.
(d) Fear of lynching.

8. What were blacks' attitudes as Claudette finished high school?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) It is not known.
(d) Increasingly negative.

9. Why did the person do that to Claudette?
(a) To get her away from the boys.
(b) Because Claudette spit on the sidewalk in front of the boys.
(c) Because the boys had gone beyond what was considered ok.
(d) To teach her not to touch white people.

10. What does Fred Gray urge?
(a) A plea bargain.
(b) Claudette's family to consider the hazard of contesting the charge.
(c) That Claudette's family move away from Montgomery and the charges would be dropped.
(d) That Claudette apologize publicly to the bus driver.

11. To what point of view does the narration change from the opening of the book?
(a) First person.
(b) Second person.
(c) It stays the same.
(d) Third person.

12. How does Claudette's mother learn about where she is?
(a) School friends on the bus told her.
(b) The police called.
(c) Claudette called her and asked for her to come pick her up.
(d) A lawyer came and got her mother.

13. What were the professional jobs blacks were allowed?
(a) Doctor or dentist.
(b) Doctor or pastor.
(c) Pastor or teacher.
(d) Lawyer or dentist.

14. What did everyone lose interest in except Gray?
(a) Civil rights.
(b) A bus boycott.
(c) Claudette's future.
(d) Appealing Claudette's case further.

15. What did many of the black people think of Claudette?
(a) That she was smarter than the rest of them.
(b) That she was an excellent figurehead for the movement.
(c) That she was unstable.
(d) That she was emotional and feisty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the driver say to Claudette?

2. Who is Jo Ann Robinson?

3. Who was the secretary of the Montgomery NAACP at that time?

4. Who was Miss Geraldine Nesbitt?

5. What happened at the next stop the bus made?

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