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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Claudette meet at Rosa Parks' home one evening?

2. Why was it hard for Claudette to be popular at Booker T. Washington High?

3. What did many of the black people think of Claudette?

4. What were many of Claudette's friends at school feeling?

5. Who agreed with Claudette's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Nesbitt teach Claudette about black history?

2. What happened to Claudette in the black community following her incident and how did some feel about it?

3. How did Claudette's appeal end up?

4. What happened when the lawyer, Nixon, called Rosa Parks about Claudette?

5. Why didn't Claudette get arrested at the first stop when a policeman came to arrest her?

6. How did many blacks feel about integration in the schools and how did Claudette feel about it?

7. Where was Claudette taken by the officers and what did she do?

8. How old was Claudette when she found out what happened when blacks acted up against whites and how did she acquire that knowledge?

9. How did Claudette feel on the way home, what did her family fear and what did their Reverend say about the incident?

10. What happened to a black man named Brooks on a bus in Montgomery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Claudette was most curious about how whites came to rule them. She was taught that whites thought they were a special race, but she did not believe it.

1. Do you think the history blacks learned in school was the truth about how whites came to "rule" them? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. What changes do you think it makes to black children's lives now that black history is taught in schools? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. What evidence do you think Claudette saw in her life to make her believe that whites were not a special race? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Claudette was now the center of attention wherever she traveled. Many loved her, but others were angry that she made things harder on others. Claudette faced criminal charges, however, and it was not clear what would happen to her.

1. How do you think you would feel if you became the center of attention for a courageous act? What would you do if this had been you? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Why do you think some people were angry at Claudette because they thought she was making things harder on others? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Explain, in depth, why you do or do not think Claudette did anything that could be called criminal. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think it is important that this book was written? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think this book did what the author set out to do? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Explain why you might or might not read another book by this author about another real life person. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

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