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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. Why did Claudette's family stay up that night?

2. How old was Claudette when she learned about what happens when blacks act out against whites?

3. Where is Claudette born?

4. What did Claudette want to do after studying the constitution?

5. What did the Supreme Court do in 1954?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Claudette say was the reason Reeves' conviction changed her life?

2. Where and when did Claudette grow up and what law affected her life and why?

3. What did Claudette say to the two police officers who arrested her and what did she do when they pulled her off the bus?

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

5. How did Claudette change under Nesbitt's mentoring and what did she read that made her what to help the black people?

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

7. How was riding the bus rules set up for black or white persons?

8. 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?

9. What kept blacks poor and what kind of work did most blacks do?

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

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

Discuss one of the following:

1. Do you think racism still exists in the United States? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss in dept several things that you can do in your own life to help stop prejudice against any group of people. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. According to the hate crime law any person harming another person and the primary motivation is prejudice or hatred that crime is more serious than the same act against a person that does not have that motivation. Do you think this is a good law? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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