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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 was Miss Geraldine Nesbitt?

2. When does Claudette next see her sister Delphine?

3. What did some of the white men on the buses carry?

4. What is one thing Jim Crow did to the blacks?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gray met with Claudette's family after the event and took notes and urged the family to consider the hazard of contesting the charges. She would be challenging Jim Crow and could suffer violence. Claudette did not hesitate and the Colvins would not back down.

1. Discuss the Jim Crow laws in relationship to Claudette's life. This may require research. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Claudette did not hesitate in her decision to challenge Jim Crow. Discuss why Claudette could be considered a heroine. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss the types of violence Claudette and her family might be facing for challenging the system. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Claudette wanted an integrated world and thought that with whites at schools, the school would get more money. Nesbitt taught Claudette about black history, that blacks had a culture before then. There were many blacks who did not want integration at school, however.

1. Before school integration school districts in segregated communities claimed the schools were "separate but equal". Discuss this idea in light of the fact that the more money in a school district the better the school and with blacks usually working low paying jobs the black school districts had less money to spend on their schools. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you agree or disagree with Claudette's thought that if schools were integrated her school would get more money? Why or why not?

3. Why do you think black people would be opposed to integration in schools? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

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