Rosa Parks - Comprehension Quiz

Rosa Park was arrested

• in December of 1955.

• In October of 1955.

• in March of 1943

• in none of these.

Rosa Parks was arrested because...

• she sat at the front of the bus in a seat that was reserved for white people.

• she sat in the black section of the bus, but was told to give her seat to a white man. She refused.

• she did not pay her bus fare.

• None of these.

The laws of segregation were called...

• Civil Rights Laws.

• Jim Crow Laws.

• Boycott Laws.

• None of these.

Rosa Parks was arrested in which city?

• Jackson, MS

• Birmingham, AL

• Detroit, MI

• None of these.

Boycott means...

• To refuse to buy goods or services as a way to protest.

• To be arrested for something you believe in.

• To march as a way to protest.

• None of these.

Which of these provides evidence that Rosa Parks should be remembered today.

• She lived in Montgomery, Alabama.

• She worked in a store.

• By refusing to give up her seat, she helped to change the laws of segregation.

• She inspired Martin Luther King Jr.

Because of Rosa Parks' actions

• The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was unconstitutional.

• The president said that Alabama had to change the laws.

• Black children were able to go to white schools.

• None of these.