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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. What was said about Parks' status in the community?
(a) She was popular among the upper classes but the lower classes thought she was a snob.
(b) She was popular among the poorer classes but her lack of education kept her from being regarded among upper class blacks.
(c) She was not well known as she was shy.
(d) She was popular across the classes.

2. Why were there reporters coming to Montgomery?
(a) To pressure Mayor Gayle.
(b) To try to stem the violence.
(c) To cover the protests and boycott.
(d) To support Mayor Gayle.

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

4. What worried Claudette more than the court decision?
(a) Her mother's illness.
(b) Being lynched.
(c) The kids at school.
(d) Being a teenager with a baby.

5. What did the court receive after its decision?
(a) Letters of praise.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A letter bomb.
(d) Hate mail.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Claudette stay in Birmingham?

2. How did King characterize the kind of justice they seek?

3. How did Parks act when she was arrested?

4. Where did Claudette sit at the rally?

5. Who did the segregationist single out as being the cause of all the problems in Montgomery?

Short Essay Questions

1. When was Claudette's baby born, what was his name and what did she do while waiting for the lawsuit?

2. What did Gray do as a second front for the bus boycott?

3. When did Claudette speak to the students at Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in Montgomery, Alabama? What did Claudette do in 1957?

4. How did Claudette become known again in the 1970's and how did she feel about that?

5. Why was Parks considered a good figurehead for the bus boycott?

6. How did Gray begin his arguments, what did the prosecutor accuse the plaintiffs of and what did they say to his accusations?

7. What did vow to do when the Supreme Court upheld the court's decision and what happened finally? Where was Claudette on the first day the blacks began to ride the bus again?

8. How did the blacks get around Montgomery during the bus boycott?

9. What did Claudette do when she returned to Montgomery?

10. Why was Claudette considered a bad choice to be the "poster person" for a bus boycott? What did she say about her problem?

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