View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Claudette born?

2. Who is Mr. E. D. Nixon?

3. What did Claudette feel about the blacks' self image?

4. To what point of view does the narration change from the opening of the book?

5. What were many of Claudette's friends at school feeling?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. With whom did Claudette go to live when she was a baby and what did she call them?

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

4. Why didn't Claudette get arrested at the first stop when a policeman came to arrest her?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How old was Claudette when she found out what happened when blacks acted up against whites and how did she acquire that knowledge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Claudette had great courage but was not properly recognized for it. It was Claudette who first fought the segregation laws, and it was Claudette who suffered having a blemish on her criminal record that would keep her from getting many ordinary jobs after high school. Claudette endures the taunting and hatred of her classmates who did not want to suffer for their rights as she did. But Claudette remained strong despite it all.

1. What do you think is the definition of courage? What are the ways in which Claudette showed her courage? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Why do you think Claudette's classmates gave her such a difficult time? Do you think they felt guilty? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss the reasons you think Claudette stood up for her rights on the bus. Do you think she did it for the recognition? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,202 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample