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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. What worried Claudette more than the court decision?

2. How did Parks act when she was arrested?

3. How did Claudette feel about the bus boycott?

4. What was the final verdict of the court on Claudette and the others' case?

5. How did Claudette finish high school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The segregationists continued to resist changing anything for the boycott. Many singled out Martin Luther King to blame for "stirring up trouble" and the like. He had been attacked several times. Segregationists had also used an obscure anti-boycott law to have many black leaders arrested, including King and Parks.

1. Why do you think the segregationists continued to resist change? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Why do you think Martin Luther King was singled out by the segregationists? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. When a law is wrong such as the anti-boycott law, do you think people should still obey it? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Claudette was now the center of attention wherever she traveled. Many loved her, but others were angry that she made things harder on others. Claudette faced criminal charges, however, and it was not clear what would happen to her.

1. How do you think you would feel if you became the center of attention for a courageous act? What would you do if this had been you? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Why do you think some people were angry at Claudette because they thought she was making things harder on others? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Explain, in depth, why you do or do not think Claudette did anything that could be called criminal. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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