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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was given as the reason for the segregation laws?
(a) Required for city order.
(b) Was sanctioned by God.
(c) It was the way it was always done.
(d) The Negroes had asked for segregation.

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

3. Why did Gray put Claudette last on the stand?
(a) She was the youngest one.
(b) Her story was the most powerful one.
(c) She was late arriving at the court house.
(d) She was the oldest one.

4. What was the name of Claudette's second son?
(a) Martin.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Travis.
(d) Randy.

5. Who did Claudette meet at lunch at the court house?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Mary Louise.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Dr. King.

6. How much did Parks have to pay?
(a) 100 dollars.
(b) Nothing.
(c) 10 dollars.
(d) 25 dollars.

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

8. How did Claudette feel when she went on the stand?
(a) Confident.
(b) Happy.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Nervous.

9. Under what name did Claudette start her new school?
(a) Claudette Austin.
(b) Claudette Corbin.
(c) Claudette Colvin.
(d) Detta Austin.

10. Which judge did not agree with the other two?
(a) They all three agreed.
(b) Lynne.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Rives.

11. What did Jo Ann Robinson write?
(a) A letter to the Governor of Alabama.
(b) A list of grievences.
(c) A letter to the President of the United States.
(d) A boycott pledge.

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

13. What happened on December 2, 1955?
(a) The Govenor declared a State of Emergency.
(b) The President sent in the National Guard to prevent riots.
(c) Thousands signed up for the bus boycott.
(d) Claudette and her family move to Detroit.

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

15. Where did Claudette's family take her?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Atlanta.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Claudette considered a political liability at this time?

2. What did Gray say segregation violated?

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

4. Who gave the main speech?

5. Where did Claudette become a nurse?

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