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

2. What did people say about Claudette when she left Montgomery?
(a) She was crazy.
(b) She was brave.
(c) She didn't care about civil rights.
(d) She was stupid.

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

4. What was given as the reason for the segregation laws?
(a) Required for city order.
(b) The Negroes had asked for segregation.
(c) It was the way it was always done.
(d) Was sanctioned by God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Judge Rives say about segregation?

2. What was held the night of December 5th?

3. Why did Claudette not have an abortion?

4. How much did Parks have to pay?

5. When would the Supreme Court consider the case?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Rosa Parks when she was arrested and why did this make the black community angry?

2. How did the segregationists fight the bus boycott?

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

4. Where did Claudette's family take her to go back to school and what was the situation like there?

5. What did Claudette do about the celebration?

6. What did Martin Luther King see on December 5th? What was held to commemorate it?

7. Why was Claudette afraid after the boycott ended, who did she meet and what kind of help did she need but not receive?

8. How and when did the bus boycott get started?

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

10. How does Claudette get to the court, how many days had the boycott been going when she went to court and how did blacks feel about the court case?

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