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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 agreed with Claudette's mother?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) Claudette's grandmother.
(c) No one.
(d) The white boys' mother.

2. How much did blacks make in relation to whites?
(a) Four-fifths.
(b) Two-thirds.
(c) One-third.
(d) Half.

3. What does Fred Gray urge?
(a) That Claudette apologize publicly to the bus driver.
(b) A plea bargain.
(c) Claudette's family to consider the hazard of contesting the charge.
(d) That Claudette's family move away from Montgomery and the charges would be dropped.

4. What did some of the white men on the buses carry?
(a) Billy clubs.
(b) Gloves so they didn't have to touch a black person.
(c) Guns.
(d) Knives.

5. What did Claudette want to do after studying the constitution?
(a) Write an essay about bus riding rights.
(b) Move to another country which actually upheld its constitution.
(c) Rebel.
(d) Become a lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Claudette do?

2. Who is Mr. E. D. Nixon?

3. For what was Jeremiah Reeves sentenced to death?

4. What were blacks' attitudes as Claudette finished high school?

5. Who would not sit in the aisle across from Claudette?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened when the lawyer, Nixon, called Rosa Parks about Claudette?

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

5. How did Claudette's mother find out where she was and who did she bring with her?

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

7. Where and when did Claudette grow up and what law affected her life and why?

8. How old was Claudette when she found out what happened when blacks acted up against whites and how did she acquire that knowledge?

9. What did Claudette say to the two police officers who arrested her and what did she do when they pulled her off the bus?

10. How did Claudette change under Nesbitt's mentoring and what did she read that made her what to help the black people?

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