Ruby Bridges & Bravery

In the 1960s, black and white people couldn’t ride together on the bus, drink from the same fountains or go to the same schools. What was this separation called?

• compassion

• integration

• segregation

• determination

Ruby Bridges was the first black child to ________.

• integrate an all-white elementary school by herself

• visit the Supreme Court

• sit with white children on a bus

• skip first grade

What is it called when students of all colors can go to school together?

• segregation

• integration

• separation

• testing

What did Ruby have to do before she was allowed to attend William Frantz Elementary School?

• write an essay

• do a book report

• meet all the kids in her class

• take a hard test

What did the US president do to keep Ruby safe on her first day of school?

• He came to New Orleans.

• He sent guards to walk with her.

• He ordered the mob of white people to stay home.

• He shut down William Frantz Elementary School.

Even though the mob yelled mean things at Ruby, she didn’t give up. This shows that Ruby was ________.

• brave

• cowardly

• friendly

• greedy

On Ruby’s first day of school, what did the white parents do?

• They pulled their children out of school.

• They let their children stay in school.

• They told their children to be nice to Ruby.

• They brought presents for Ruby.

Why didn’t the white parents want their children to be in Ruby’s first grade class?

• because she was too small

• because she was from a different town

• because she was a girl

• because she was black

Ruby’s teacher Mrs. Henry ________.

• refused to teach Ruby at school

• stood with the mob and yelled mean things at Ruby

• taught Ruby every subject by herself for months

• only taught Ruby math

True or False: When Ruby got to second grade, her class had both white and black students.

• True

• False