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. What did Gayle say about the case?

2. What did the City Lines have to do in response to the boycott?

3. How long did the three judges take to make their decision?

4. Where did Claudette go when she left Birmingham?

5. Why did Claudette feel hurt?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Gray begin his arguments, what did the prosecutor accuse the plaintiffs of and what did they say to his accusations?

2. Why was Claudette afraid after the boycott ended, who did she meet and what kind of help did she need but not receive?

3. What did Gray do as a second front for the bus boycott?

4. Where did Claudette's family take her to go back to school and what was the situation like there?

5. What did the three judges think about the court case and what was the end result?

6. Why did Claudette leave school and why did she feel left out of the bus boycott movement?

7. What did Claudette do when she returned to Montgomery?

8. What did Gray question Claudette about and what did the prosecutor try to do? How did Claudette do in court?

9. When was Claudette's baby born, what was his name and what did she do while waiting for the lawsuit?

10. Why was Parks considered a good figurehead for the bus boycott?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The summer of 1952, Delphine came down with polio, and it also hit a number of other black boys and girls. Her parents didn't allow her to see Delphine in her condition. Claudette did not see her until she was dead. Claudette then started to question everything about God because she didn't understand why God would take Delphine away.

1. Do you think questioning beliefs about God is a normal reaction for a teenager whose sister has died? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss the irony of the fact of segregation and prejudice when it was a black woman, Henrietta Lacks, whose cells provided the basis for the polio vaccine. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. How do you think Delphine's death helped motivate Claudette to become an activist? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,195 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample