A Mighty Long Way Chapters 11-12

Police thought the bombing of Carlotta's house was done

• by Herbert and Maceo.

• so her father could collect the insurance money.

• to punish Carlotta for going to Central.

• by the segregationists.

• by the Labor Day Bombers.

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The police said that Police Chief Smith

• killed his wife, then himself.

• was murdered.

• was accused of burglary in Searcy, Arkansas.

• was a target of segregationists.

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Juanita Monts came to Carlotta's house to

• apologize for her son's bombing of Carlotta's house.

• try to raise bail money for her son.

• to tell Carlotta's mother that her son did not bomb the Wall's house.

• to see how Carlotta's father was doing after being in jail.

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What does it mean when Carlotta said, "We all knew. Herbert and Maceo were just convienient scapegoats..."?

• The police really beileved Herbert and Maceo had bombed the Wall's house.

• Herbert and Maceo bombed the Wall's house and were trying to get away with it.

• Herbert and Maceo were innocent, but the justice system just wanted to close the case.

• Herbert and Maceo were acting like goats in prison

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At Herbert's trial,

• Herbert's attorney did not call any witnessess to challenge the prosecutor's account of the events.

• Herbert was found guilty and sentenced to 5 years.

• Carlotta's mother testified that she had seen Herbert running from the house just before the explosion.

• Herbert's Science teacher testified that Herbert didn't know enough science to make a bomb.

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Before she graduated,

• Carlotta went to Horace Mann's prom.

• Carlotta went to Central's prom

• Carlotta began to feel sad about all the things she had missed out on in high school.

• Carlotta began to think about skipping the graduation ceremony

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At Carlotta's graduation

• she and her father got caught in an alley by segregationists.

• everyone cheered when she walked across the stage.

• she thought about all of the people she had drawn strength from over the three years she was at Central.

• Carlotta was asked to not go through the ceremony.

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After graduation Carlotta

• planned to never live in Little Rock again.

• went to St. Louis to make up the one unit she needed to actually graduate.

• went to college in Little Rock.

• Carlotta and Jefferson had a graduation party.

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About how many African American students were there at Michigan State?

• 1

• 10

• 100

• 1000

• 100,000

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What sport at Michigan State became the "Center of her social life"?

• Football

• Soccer

• Basketball

• Baseball

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