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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 does Claudette say about sex?
(a) She knew almost nothing.
(b) She knew she should wait for marriage, but the man pressured her.
(c) She does not say anything about sex.
(d) She learned about sex in gym class.

2. What was Parks permitted to do?
(a) Leave jail the next morning for an hour to get breakfast.
(b) Go home and promise to come back to court.
(c) Sit in the reception room instead of a jail cell.
(d) Call her family.

3. Where did Claudette's family take her?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Birmingham.

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

5. How did Claudette's mother's employers feel about the boycott?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Angry.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Curious.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the youngest of the three federal judges hearing Claudette's case?

3. Why did Claudette feel hurt?

4. Where did Claudette speak in 2005?

5. Where did Claudette become a nurse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. Who were the judges on Claudette's court case?

6. What did Gray question Claudette about and what did the prosecutor try to do? How did Claudette do in court?

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

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

10. What did the three judges think about the court case and what was the end result?

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