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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. Where did Claudette leave Raymond when she went to New York?

2. When did Claudette go to court the second time?

3. Where did Claudette sit at the rally?

4. How did the black community feel after Parks' arrest?

5. What was said about Parks' status in the community?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. What did the Mayor of Montgomery say about the segregation and what was Judge Rives response?

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

8. How did Claudette become known again in the 1970's and how did she feel about that?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

On the way home from jail, Claudette felt happy and proud. But she was still scared of being hurt. Her family stayed up for fear of lynching. The Reverend was proud of her for standing up for freedom and said she brought the revolution to Montgomery.

1. Do you think Claudette had good reason to feel happy and proud? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Given the social climate in Montgomery when Claudette was arrested, discuss reasons why her family was afraid of repercussions surrounding her arrest. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss why the Reverend said that standing up for herself meant that Claudette was also standing up for freedom. What kind of freedom did he mean? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

The Mayor and city commissioners of Montgomery testified that segregation laws were required for city order. But Judge Rives replied that one cannot command one person to give up their Constitutional rights so that others won't commit a crime.

1. Give the reasons you think the segregation laws were required for city order. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. What do you think Judge Rives meant by his statement about Constitutional rights? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss the irony of the fact that although the white segregationist say that segregation is needed for city order it is those same segregationist who cause the disorder with their prejudice. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

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