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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. To what point of view does the narration change from the opening of the book?
(a) Third person.
(b) It stays the same.
(c) Second person.
(d) First person.

2. Where does Claudette go to live when she is a baby?
(a) With a great aunt and uncle.
(b) With her father's sister.
(c) With her grandmother.
(d) With her mother's sister.

3. What is one thing blacks and whites could not do together?
(a) Shop at the same farmer's market.
(b) Watch a sports event in a stadium.
(c) Play on the same sports team.
(d) Ride on the same train.

4. What were the professional jobs blacks were allowed?
(a) Lawyer or dentist.
(b) Pastor or teacher.
(c) Doctor or dentist.
(d) Doctor or pastor.

5. When does Claudette next see her sister Delphine?
(a) After she died.
(b) In high school.
(c) Never.
(d) The next school year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robinson collect?

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

3. What did Robinson's group threaten?

4. What did Claudette do?

5. How were the races interacting during this time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Jo Ann Robinson, how did she work for blacks, and how did she feel about Claudette's action?

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

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

4. How did Claudette's appeal end up?

5. How was riding the bus rules set up for black or white persons?

6. How did Claudette feel on the way home, what did her family fear and what did their Reverend say about the incident?

7. What did Claudette find out about her intelligence in school, why wasn't she popular and what did she think about the way blacks perceived themselves?

8. When was Brown v. Board of Education decided, who decided it and what did it do?

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

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

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