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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worried Claudette more than the court decision?
(a) Her mother's illness.
(b) The kids at school.
(c) Being a teenager with a baby.
(d) Being lynched.

2. How old was Parks at the time of her arrest?
(a) Late 60s.
(b) Early 20s.
(c) Early 40s.
(d) Early 70s.

3. What did Gayle say about the case?
(a) The city would appeal.
(b) The city was happy to be vindicated.
(c) He would resign his position.
(d) The city would obey.

4. To where did Reverend Abernathy invite Claudette?
(a) To a reception.
(b) To live with him and his family.
(c) To the Kings' house.
(d) To a celebration at a church.

5. What was said about Parks' status in the community?
(a) She was popular across the classes.
(b) She was popular among the poorer classes but her lack of education kept her from being regarded among upper class blacks.
(c) She was popular among the upper classes but the lower classes thought she was a snob.
(d) She was not well known as she was shy.

6. Why did Claudette feel hurt?
(a) Because she was ignored by the boycott planners.
(b) She was reviled for her arrest.
(c) She was told she was a bad example.
(d) She was lectured for yelling when arrested.

7. What did the court receive after its decision?
(a) A letter bomb.
(b) Letters of praise.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Hate mail.

8. Who gave the main speech?
(a) W. E. B. Dubois.
(b) Dr. Martin Luther King.
(c) Medgar Evers.
(d) Rosa Parks.

9. How did Claudette feel about being an unwed mother?
(a) She was very ashamed.
(b) She was indifferent.
(c) She just made a mistake.
(d) She was very happy about it.

10. How did Claudette's mother's employers feel about the boycott?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sympathetic.
(c) Curious.
(d) Indifferent.

11. What did Claudette have time to do when she was alone in Birmingham?
(a) Contemplate her life.
(b) Study more in school.
(c) Find a boyfriend.
(d) Get to know her biological parents.

12. What did the City Lines have to do in response to the boycott?
(a) Shut down bus lines and lay off drivers.
(b) Raise the cost of a ticket.
(c) Lower fares.
(d) Nothing.

13. Who greeted Claudette at the courthouse?
(a) A group of supporters.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) All of her classmates from Montgomery.
(d) Her family.

14. What was the final verdict of the court on Claudette and the others' case?
(a) It would go on to another court.
(b) Segregation on buses was abolished.
(c) Segregation was legal on buses but not in the schools.
(d) Segregation was legal.

15. Why was Claudette kicked out of school?
(a) She got married.
(b) She refused to obey the principal about the boycott.
(c) She had a felony record.
(d) She started showing her pregnancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the prosecutor on case?

2. What was held the night of December 5th?

3. How many blacks rode the buses on the morning of December 5th?

4. How did the black community feel after Parks' arrest?

5. How much did Parks have to pay?

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