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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 is Delphine?

2. Why did the person do that to Claudette?

3. What happened when Claudette rode with the police?

4. Why were some people angry at Claudette?

5. Why were many worried about making Claudette the face of the movement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the police officers say to Claudette in the patrol car?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did Claudette's appeal end up?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rumors destroyed Claudette's reputation, though. She was also branded "unfit" to be the face of a movement.

1. Often when someone does something extraordinary others will seek to criticize or bring that person down. Why do you think people do that? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. What kind of rumors did you think people were spreading about Claudette, according to the book? Do you believe any of the accusations about her were important? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Do you think the leaders of the movement were correct in declaring Claudette unfit to be the face of the movement? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Segregation laws made a lot of difference on the bus because blacks have to sit in the back. Blacks depended on buses to reach their white employers. In Montgomery, if seats were full and a white person came in, a black person had to get up. It did not matter how old, sick or young the black person was or how many blacks sat in a seat.

1. Discuss what you think the reason for segregation was in terms of holding power over others. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss the mechanism of oppression in terms of the emotional and self-esteem benefits the oppressor receives by feeling superior to another person. Include in your discussion how segregation enhanced the effect. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss the reasons segregationist used for implementing and enforcing segregation. 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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