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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 changed as the bus moved onward on its route?

2. When was Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka ruled upon?

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

4. How many charges did Claudette face?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Claudette decide to rebel and why wouldn't the white woman sit down?

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

3. How did Claudette's appeal end up?

4. How did Claudette's mother find out where she was and who did she bring with her?

5. Who was Geraldine Nesbitt, how was she educated and what was her influence on Claudette?

6. How did the bus drivers enforce the rules and what happened if a black person stood up to the driver?

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

8. How did the incident on the bus with Claudette start?

9. What did Claudette find out about her intelligence in school, why wasn't she popular and what did she think about the way blacks perceived themselves?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Claudette told no one of her past. She watched Rosa Parks' fame grow and wondered if anyone remembered her. But in 1975, a Birmingham newspaper reporter, Frank Sikora, contacted her after doing library research. He wrote a story about her, and then several more stories were written after that.

1. How would you feel and what would you do if you were in Claudette's shoes? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Why do you think it is important that Frank Sikora did a story on Claudette? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Defend Rosa Parks actions giving logical reasons for her to do what she did. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

On the way home from jail, Claudette felt happy and proud. But she was still scared of being hurt. Her family stayed up for fear of lynching. The Reverend was proud of her for standing up for freedom and said she brought the revolution to Montgomery.

1. Do you think Claudette had good reason to feel happy and proud? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Given the social climate in Montgomery when Claudette was arrested, discuss reasons why her family was afraid of repercussions surrounding her arrest. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss why the Reverend said that standing up for herself meant that Claudette was also standing up for freedom. What kind of freedom did he mean? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Through the summer of 1956, the city officials tried to crush the boycott and singled out Dr. King. The NAACP sent reinforcements, but King was found guilty of trumped up charges and was sentenced to spend a year in hard labor. Churches started to be bombed and violence erupted.

1. Discuss what problems there are in a justice system in which someone can be convicted of trumped up charges. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. With research discuss why the NAACP might send help to Dr. King. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. There are some people who believe no change can come without violence. Defend or refute this statement.

Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

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