Separate is Never Equal

What is the name of the school that Sylvia and her family wanted her to attend?

• East Clayton

• Westminster

• Atlantis

• Duncan

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

Where had Sylvia's family moved from?

• Ellenwood, Georgia

• Los Angeles, California

• Santa Ana, California

• Birmingham, Alabama

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

What reason did the superintendent of Westminster school, Mr. Harris, give Mr. Mendez for the children having to go to the Mexican School?

• That's the way it was done.

• They did not speak english.

• They did not live near the school.

• None of the above.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Hoover Elementary, also known as, The Mexican School was a beautiful, spacious, clean building.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Why did many families NOT support the petition that Mr. Mendez started?

• They did not care.

• They thought the would lose their jobs.

• The did not know what a petition was.

• None of the above.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

To segregate means to bring people together.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

Mr. Estrada said, "It's an injustice." An injustice is something that is not right or fair.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which is NOT a reason that Mr. Kent said the children were sent to The Mexican School?

• They are dirty.

• They have problems with lice and turberculosis.

• They have bad dress and manners.

• They needed to learn Spanish.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The Mendez family filed a lawsuit and had to go to court twice. How many days did the first court case last.

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 7

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

In the first case, the judge ruled in favor of the Mendez family saying that schools should not be segregated.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2