Martin Luther King Level P Comprehension

Why did many black people refuse to ride the city buses in Alabama?

• It cost too much to ride them.

• Too many white people rode the buses.

• Black people were treated unfairly on the buses.

• Black people were not allowed on the buses.

What does segregated mean?

• located nearby

• kept apart based on group differences, especially race

• badly wanted something

• ordered to do something

In the South in the 1960s, black people were not allowed to

• go to school with white people

• be served at many lunch counters that also served

  white people

• use restrooms with signs that said “For Whites Only”

• all of the above

What are civil rights?

• the right to only have those of your own race

  as neighbors

• the right to equal legal, social, and economic treatment for

  all citizens

• the right to live any way you want

• the right to treat people

  of different races differently

Why do you think the author wrote this book?

• to explain what laws were like during the Civil War

• to tell what Martin Luther King Jr. did that made him

  a great leader

• to help black people to know how to protest

• all of the above

Which adjective best describes Rosa Parks?

• scared

• brave

• weak

• excited

Why did Martin Luther King Jr. keep working for fairness

for black people after the Civil Rights Act passed?

• Martin Luther King Jr. liked to protest and march.

• Many black people were still very poor.

• The Civil Rights Act didn’t change any laws.

• Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to be president

  of the United States.

Which of the following events happened before the Civil War?

• Most black people were slaves.

• Martin Luther King Jr. fought for freedom for black people.

• Martin Luther King Jr. was born.

• Black people could go to any school they wanted to.

What laws did black people in the South want to change?

• laws that said black people had to sit in the back of buses

• laws that said black people could not be served food at the

  same places as white people

• laws that said black children could not go to school with

  white children

• all of the above

What did Martin Luther King Jr. learn from Mohandas Gandhi?

• how to fight with guns

• when to give up

• how to calmly refuse to follow unfair laws

• how to organize people in India