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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Claudette need after the boycott ended?
(a) Work and money.
(b) A place to live.
(c) A father for her son.
(d) To finish school.

2. What did Dr. King encourage people to do?
(a) Provoke the white separatists.
(b) Ride the buses.
(c) Attack the bus drivers.
(d) Be loving and peaceful.

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

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

5. When was Rosa Parks arrested?
(a) On January 1, 1954.
(b) On December 1, 1953.
(c) On December 1, 1955.
(d) On January 1, 1956.

6. What did Claudette notice on the bus boycott?
(a) Her name was at the top and had a star by it.
(b) Her name was left off.
(c) Her name was misspelled.
(d) Her name was near the bottom of the list of thousands.

7. When would the Supreme Court consider the case?
(a) In the fall.
(b) Next spring.
(c) The following month.
(d) In December.

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

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

10. What is said of Parks' skin color?
(a) She was medium skinned.
(b) She was very dark skinned.
(c) She was light skinned.
(d) She could pass as white.

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

12. What did segregationists use to arrest black leaders in Montgomery?
(a) Crooked judges.
(b) Planted evidence.
(c) Private detectives.
(d) An obscure anti-boycott law.

13. How did Claudette feel about the bus boycott?
(a) Enthusiastic.
(b) She thought it was the wrong approach.
(c) Angry.
(d) Left out.

14. Who testified after lunch?
(a) Claudette's teachers.
(b) The mayor and city commissioners.
(c) Dr. King.
(d) Some of the black leaders in the community.

15. How did Claudette feel at this time?
(a) Energized.
(b) Angry.
(c) Exuberant.
(d) Depressed and lonely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Claudette sit at the rally?

2. How did Claudette's parents feel about her as they left the court house?

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

4. Who first dug up Claudette's story in 1975?

5. Why was Claudette kicked out of school?

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