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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. For what was Dr. King sentenced to one year of hard labor?

2. How did Claudette feel at this time?

3. Who did Claudette meet at lunch at the court house?

4. What did the Supreme Court do in November?

5. How did Claudette feel when she went on the stand?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Claudette considered a bad choice to be the "poster person" for a bus boycott? What did she say about her problem?

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

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

5. What did Claudette feel about her new home, how long did she stay and why did she leave?

6. What did Claudette do about the celebration?

7. 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?

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

9. What was happening with the bus line by late January and how did the city leaders respond to that?

10. What happened to Rosa Parks when she was arrested and why did this make the black community angry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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