"Rosa Parks, My Story"

Why was Rosa Parks ordered to give up her seat on the bus?

• Because the driver disliked her
• Because she wasn't allowed to sit
• So that a Black man could sit
• So that a White man could sit

The cause of Rosa Parks' arrest was her refusal to give up her seat on the bus. What was the direct effect of her arrest?

• blacks in Montgomery boycotted the buses
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. became a civil rights leader
• the U.S. Supreme Court ruled segregation was illegal
• Rosa Parks lost her job

How can Rosa Parks best be described?

• tired
• brave
• smart
• sad

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below. 
The bus driver ordered Rosa to give up her seat, _________       she refused to move.

• so
• but
• also
• although

What is the main idea of the passage?

• how Rosa Parks helped start the civil rights movment

• the unjust segregation laws called " Jim Crow Laws"

• the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks didn't think about anything except her feelings all day, and was not trying to be a hero.

In what year was Rosa Parks arrested?

• 1992

• 1955

• 1943

• 1956

What does this quote mean? "I wasn't frightened at the jail, I was more resigned than anything else."

• violent protests began

• Blacks started riding the bus

• Rosa Parks had accepted that something unpleasant would happen, and she could not do anything about it.

• people started to buy cars

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat because she was tired of accepting unjust treatment. What evidence from the passage supports this conclusion?

• "Rosa Parks had challenged the law ans shown people far beyond her own town how cruel and unjust segregation could be, and she won."
• "The Monday after Rosa's arrest, most black commuters walked to where they needed ot go- some more than 20 miles."
• "People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."
• "Rosa and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, as it has come to be known, sparked a series of nonviolent mass protests in support of civil rights."

What does discrimination mean?

• state of being kept by or in charge of an officer of the law

• treated in a physically rough or harmful way

• a written document authorizing an officer to detain or seize a person or property.

• practice of treating a person or group differently than others

How old was Rosa Parks when she was arrested?

• 62

• 42

• 22

• 43