Claudette Colvin, Twice Towards Justice Quiz chapters 1 & 2

The Montgomery bus system had it's own rules and traditions when it came to Jim Crow. Who were the first 10 seats on the bus reserved for?

• White women

• White men

• Black passengers until a white person needed to sit down

• Whites only

What was the job of Jim Crow?

• To regulate the bus system

• To keep the races separate and the blacks poor

• To separate all races of people

• Jim Crow was a union man

Why did the author name chapter 1 Jim Crow and the Detested Number Ten

• To tell us about the man who started racism in the south

• To tell us about how the 10 members of Jim Crow got started in the south and how blacks suffered.

• To explain the living conditions of blacks dealing with laws of the Jim Crow south and the number of seats on the buses reserved for white people.

• To explain the Jim Crow south and the 10 laws blacks had to follow.

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Chapter 1 talks about a few black people that stood up to bus drivers, Which person was NOT mentioned in this chapter?

• Geneva Johnson

• Edwina Johnson

• Harold Bass

• Hilliard Brooks

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CCSS.RL.5.1

On Monday, May 17, 1954 in this famous case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed what?

• Segregation on public buses

• Segregation in public places

• Racial segregation in libraries

• Racial segregation in public schools.

In Chapter 2, how did Claudette say she got her nickname?

• From her teacher

• From her grandmother

• From her doctor

• From a neighbor

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CCSS.RL.5.1

What was the name of chapter 2 and Claudette's nickname?

• Coot

• Chick a boo

• Lady bug

• Cuddle bug

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Claudette explained to us that she was a smart little girl. what grade did she skip in school?

• 1st grade

• 6th grade

• 2nd grade

• Freshmen year

Who was Delphine to Claudette?

• Sister

• Mother

• Cousin

• Best friend

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What happened to Delphine?

• She was arrested

• She was killed as a child

• She died of Polio

• She died of TB