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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 was Claudette kicked out of school?

2. Who gave the main speech?

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

4. How long did Claudette stay in Birmingham?

5. What does Claudette say about sex?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Claudette speak to the students at Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in Montgomery, Alabama? What did Claudette do in 1957?

2. How does Claudette get to the court, how many days had the boycott been going when she went to court and how did blacks feel about the court case?

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

4. How and when did the bus boycott get started?

5. What happened during the summer with the bus boycott?

6. What did Martin Luther King see on December 5th? What was held to commemorate it?

7. How did the segregationists fight the bus boycott?

8. How long did the judges take with their decision and what was Mayor Gayle's response?

9. How did the boycott protesters feel about the court's decision and why? What did the court begin to receive?

10. Who were the judges on Claudette's court case?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think it is important that this book was written? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think this book did what the author set out to do? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Explain why you might or might not read another book by this author about another real life person. 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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