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

2. For what was she known as far as the NAACP?

3. When would the Supreme Court consider the case?

4. What organization helped to create an alternative transport system?

5. Who first dug up Claudette's story in 1975?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the blacks get around Montgomery during the bus boycott?

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

3. 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?

4. When was Claudette's baby born, what was his name and what did she do while waiting for the lawsuit?

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

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

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

8. Why was Claudette afraid after the boycott ended, who did she meet and what kind of help did she need but not receive?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Claudette was most curious about how whites came to rule them. She was taught that whites thought they were a special race, but she did not believe it.

1. Do you think the history blacks learned in school was the truth about how whites came to "rule" them? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. What changes do you think it makes to black children's lives now that black history is taught in schools? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. What evidence do you think Claudette saw in her life to make her believe that whites were not a special race? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

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