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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. Where did Claudette sit at the rally?
(a) She did not attend.
(b) In the very back.
(c) In the front row of the audience.
(d) Up on the platform next to Parks.

2. How long did the three judges take to make their decision?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Ten minutes.

3. What started happening to churches in the summer?
(a) They were set up as first aid stations.
(b) Being filled to capacity.
(c) Being bombed.
(d) The city started condemning the church buildings.

4. Where was Claudette when the first symbolic bus rides were taken after the boycott ended?
(a) In Birmingham.
(b) On the lead bus.
(c) Nowhere to be found.
(d) She was at the television station for an interview.

5. Why did Gray put Claudette last on the stand?
(a) Her story was the most powerful one.
(b) She was the youngest one.
(c) She was the oldest one.
(d) She was late arriving at the court house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Claudette kicked out of school?

2. Why were there reporters coming to Montgomery?

3. What did the Supreme Court do in November?

4. Where did Claudette go when she left Birmingham?

5. What did Claudette need after the boycott ended?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did the Mayor of Montgomery say about the segregation and what was Judge Rives response?

4. What did Claudette feel about her new home, how long did she stay and why did she leave?

5. What did Gray do as a second front 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. Why was Claudette considered a bad choice to be the "poster person" for a bus boycott? What did she say about her problem?

8. 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?

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

10. What happened during the summer with the bus boycott?

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