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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 go when she left Birmingham?
(a) To Mississipi.
(b) To her aunt's house in Louisiana.
(c) Home to Montgomery.
(d) To New York City.

2. What was the final verdict of the court on Claudette and the others' case?
(a) Segregation was legal.
(b) Segregation was legal on buses but not in the schools.
(c) Segregation on buses was abolished.
(d) It would go on to another court.

3. What did Gray say segregation violated?
(a) Equal protection clause.
(b) Federal guidelines.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Montgomery city law.

4. What was Parks' marital status?
(a) Married.
(b) Single.
(c) Widowed.
(d) Divorced.

5. How did Claudette feel about the Civil Rights movement when she was in Birmingham?
(a) She wanted it to succeed but had no desire to help.
(b) She was angry at it.
(c) She wanted to be a part of it.
(d) She was indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worried Claudette more than the court decision?

2. Why were there reporters coming to Montgomery?

3. Under what name did Claudette start her new school?

4. What did Gayle say about the case?

5. Why was Claudette considered a political liability at this time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was happening with the bus line by late January and how did the city leaders respond to that?

3. What did Claudette do about the celebration?

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

5. How did the boycott protesters feel about the court's decision and why? What did the court begin to receive?

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

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

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

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

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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