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Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice
By JACOB BUSA
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Question 1
1.
_____________ was targeted as the leader of the boycott.
Rosa Parks
Fred Gray
Claudette
Martin Luther King Jr.
Question 2
2.
Fred Gray was...
the defense attorney for Montgomery County
Claudette's fiancé
a young lawyer working with King
Rosa Park's brother
Question 3
3.
How many months before Rosa Parks did Claudette get arruested on the bus?
seven
eight
six
nine
Question 4
4.
Claudette learned that she was different when...
her mother slapped her for touching a white boy's hand
she had to drink at a different fountain
she asked to go to the white school
she tried to make friends with a little white girl
Question 5
5.
In addition to driving their bus, the driver's main job was...
enforcing Jim Crow laws
humiliating teenagers
harassing women
looking for activists
Question 6
6.
Another strike against Claudette as a reliable rally focus was...
She was seen drinking underage
She got pregnant about a month after her arrest
She failed tenth grade
She was caught shoplifting
Question 7
7.
Claudette was ridiculed in school, and in the community, for...
continuing to try to look "white"
for dating light-skinned boys
not straightening her hair, but wearing it in African styles
not getting good grades in school
Question 8
8.
The courts in Alabama and Montgomery disregarded the law...
saying they would soon be overturned
saying the law was wrong and it didn't apply to them
claiming they were unconstitutional and ruled that Claudette was guilty
claiming Claudette was lying about her "constitutional rights"
Question 9
9.
Claudette did not live with her mother; she stayed...
with her father and his new wife
with her great aunt and uncle, or slept at friends' homes
at the school boarding room
with her grandmother
Question 10
10.
Who was Geraldine Nesbitt?
a very influential teacher of Claudette
the 2nd person arrested for not moving on a bus
the female defense attorney
all of the above