CC: Twice toward Justice Chp. 6-8 Quiz

Colvin is a lesser known figure for all of the following reasons EXCEPT…

• her lack of passion.

• her appearance.

• her young age.

• her silence after the event.

Which of the following best describes the central idea of the Chapter 6?

• While Claudette Colvin was one of the first woman to refuse to give up her seat on the bus, her young age also made her an unreliable activist in the movement.

• Claudette Colvin feared that she would get in further trouble for resisting racism, so she kept her brave actions a secret from most of her life.

• Claudette Colvin, like many women during the Civil Rights Movement, was denied recognition for her heroic actions because of her gender.

• Claudette Colvin challenged segregation on buses, but she didn’t become famous because civil rights groups didn’t think she was the right face for the movement.

Which quote from the text best supports your comparison of Colvin's actions to Parks' actions?

• “Most people know about Parks and the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott… but few know that there were a number of women who refused to give up their seats on the same bus system.” (Paragraph 2)

• Two police officers put her in handcuffs and arrested her. Her school books went flying off her lap.” (Paragraph 5)

• “Can you imagine all of that in my mind? My head was just too full of black history you know, the oppression that we went through.” (Paragraph 9)

• “And then I got scared, and panic come over me, and I started crying. Then I started saying the Lord’s Prayer,’ she says.” (Paragraph 11)

Select the correct meaning of the following term: boycott

• a public disturbance

• be in control

• withdraw from commercial or social relations

Select the correct meaning of the following term: activist

• a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change.

• refuse to comply

• having the nature of threatening evil

Select the correct meaning of the following term: refrain

• a retaliatory action

• refuse to comply

• resist doing something

Select the correct meaning of the following term: negotiation

• refuse to comply

• a regular journey

• a discussion intended to produce an agreement

Select the correct meaning of the following term: reprisal

• a difficult journey

• a militant reformer

• a retaliatory action against an enemy

Select the correct meaning of the following term: humiliate

• cause to feel shame

• a grouping of a number of similar things

• a statute enacted by a city government

What is E. D. Nixon’s occupation?

• Activist

• Doctor

• Judge

• Factory Worker