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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 did Parks' arrest spark such a reaction?

2. What started happening to churches in the summer?

3. Where did Claudette speak in 2005?

4. What does Claudette say about sex?

5. Who greeted Claudette at the courthouse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the segregationists fight the bus boycott?

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

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 vow to do when the Supreme Court upheld the court's decision and what happened finally? Where was Claudette on the first day the blacks began to ride the bus again?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Claudette notes that she started crying but maintained that sitting in that spot was her right. The two policemen then dragged her off the bus, and Claudette went limp, refusing to fight back. On the police ride, the cops ridiculed her and called her a "nigger bitch". They said they were taking her to a woman's prison in Atmore, despite the fact that she was fifteen

1. Discuss Claudette's action of going limp when the police officers pulled her off the bus in terms of pacifism and protest. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss the problems of racism in police officers. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Let's assume that the police officer degrading Claudette in the car did so out of fear. Why do you think fear can cause racism. 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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