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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mr. E. D. Nixon?
(a) A Civil Rights lawyer.
(b) One of the policemen who arrested Claudette.
(c) A Montgomery circuit court judge.
(d) A public prosecutor.

2. Who was Miss Geraldine Nesbitt?
(a) Claudette's best friend.
(b) The principal of Washington High.
(c) One of Claudette's teachers.
(d) The lawyer defending Reeves.

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

4. What happened when Claudette rode with the police?
(a) They ridiculed her.
(b) They were kind to her.
(c) They didn't talk to her at all.
(d) They slapped her around.

5. What did 75 percent of the black men do in the 1950s?
(a) Farm.
(b) Nothing.
(c) They were able to get decent educations and work as clerical and service persons.
(d) Unskilled labor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Claudette go to live when she is a baby?

2. Who is Delphine?

3. What did Robinson collect?

4. Who was Mary Louise Smith?

5. Why was Claudette's boyfriend upset with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Claudette decide to rebel and why wouldn't the white woman sit down?

2. Why didn't Claudette get arrested at the first stop when a policeman came to arrest her?

3. Who was Geraldine Nesbitt, how was she educated and what was her influence on Claudette?

4. What did people think of Claudette, what made her curious about the whites and what was she taught about the whites?

5. What did Claudette say was the reason Reeves' conviction changed her life?

6. What did Nesbitt teach Claudette about black history?

7. What happened to Claudette in the black community following her incident and how did some feel about it?

8. What did Robinson remember and what did she begin to do?

9. With whom did Claudette go to live when she was a baby and what did she call them?

10. Who was Claudette's lawyer, what did he do for her defense and what were the charges?

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