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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Claudette shunned having to do with her baby?
(a) She refused to marry his father.
(b) He was light skinned.
(c) He was developmentally slow.
(d) His father was white.

2. What did Judge Rives say about segregation?
(a) It did not violate the federal constitution.
(b) It was the safest system in the south.
(c) It was time for the south to be run by the blacks.
(d) One person shouldn't have to give up rights so another doesn't commit a crime.

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

4. Why was Claudette considered a political liability at this time?
(a) Her family was too well to do for the poorer blacks to relate to her.
(b) She was too young and they didn't want it to seem she was controlled by the NAACP.
(c) She was too timid.
(d) She was unmarried and pregnant.

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

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

7. 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 popular across the classes.
(d) She was not well known as she was shy.

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

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

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

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

12. How many blacks rode the buses on the morning of December 5th?
(a) 4.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of parents were Claudette's biological mother and father?

2. What did the City Lines have to do in response to the boycott?

3. How long did the three judges take to make their decision?

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

5. When would the Supreme Court consider the case?

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