Claudette Colvin Ch. 1-6 Review

What happened when Claudette was about four years old, and a little white boy held their hands up so that their palms were touching?

• Claudette’s mother smiled and put her hand on Claudette’s head. Then she gently pulled Claudette’s hands away from the boy.

• Claudette’s mother slapped Claudette across the face and said, “Don’t you know you’re not supposed to touch them?”

• The boy told Claudette that she had big hands.

• The boy’s mother grabbed Claudette by the hair and dragged her away from the boy.

What was the name of the laws in the south that kept whites separated from colored?

• The Detested Ten

• Keep 'Em Poor

• Jim Crow Laws

• Rosa Parks Laws

The bus drivers in Alabama were kind to all passengers.

• Always, yes

• It depended on their mood

• No! They were never kind / fair to blacks.

Claudette experiences loneliness and discrimination at school because (select all that apply)

• her sister Delphine has passed away

• she is much darker skinned than most others

• her hair is curly and not straight

• her parents kept moving her from state to state

• she is being raised by her great aunt and uncle

This African American student was accused of raping a white woman. He was found guilty and put to death.

• Emmett Till

• Jeremiah Reeves

• Fred Gray

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

On the day of Claudette's arrest, she wasn't fighting back, she only kept repeating

• "I have a dream!"

• "I ain't gotta do nuttin but live and die."

• "Black lives matter too!"

• "It's my constitutional right!"

The police officers report that Claudette resisted arrest while she tells that they:

• kicked her and called her names

• tried to guess her bra size

• took her to adult jail

• denied her her one phone call

• all of the above

There may be a bus ________ unless some things change and quickly.

• boycott

• festival

• sale

• repossession

Claudette is found guilty of

• Violating the segregation law

• Disturbing the peace

• Assaulting a policeman

• Whistling at cute boys

Claudette begins to spend time with

• Rosa Parks

• an older light-skinned gentleman

• Emmett Till

• her sister, Delphine