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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. What does the judge decide?

2. Who was Miss Geraldine Nesbitt?

3. Where were the cops taking Claudette?

4. What does the narrator say controlled Claudette's life?

5. What happened to Brooks in 1952?

Short Essay Questions

1. What idea was beginning to grow and why hadn't it been done yet?

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

3. What did Claudette face in the legal system and what did her family do to help her?

4. What did Robinson remember and what did she begin to do?

5. What happened with Jeremiah Reeves that angered the black community?

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

7. What did Nesbitt teach Claudette about black history?

8. Who was Claudette's lawyer, what did he do for her defense and what were the charges?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Claudette had been hidden away and forgotten, if for no other reason than that she had become pregnant out of wedlock and was therefore not only a disgrace to the black community but no longer even close to a suitable face for the movement.

1. Do you think a person is even more of a heroine or hero when she/he does not receive any recognition for an act of bravery? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think the fact that Claudette became pregnant out of wedlock in any way negates the courage of her actions? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Do you think an unwed mother would be seen differently in the present than in Claudette's younger years? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Claudette notes that she started crying but maintained that sitting in that spot was her right. The two policemen then dragged her off the bus, and Claudette went limp, refusing to fight back. On the police ride, the cops ridiculed her and called her a "nigger bitch". They said they were taking her to a woman's prison in Atmore, despite the fact that she was fifteen

1. Discuss Claudette's action of going limp when the police officers pulled her off the bus in terms of pacifism and protest. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss the problems of racism in police officers. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Let's assume that the police officer degrading Claudette in the car did so out of fear. Why do you think fear can cause racism. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

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