Claudette Colvin

Which of the following best describes the main idea of the selection?

• Claudette Colvin feared that she would get in further trouble for resisting racism, so she kept her brave actions a secret for most her life.

• While Claudette Colvin was one of the first women to refuse to give up her seat on the bus, her age also made her an unreliable activist in the movement.

• Claudette Colvin, like many women during the Civil Rights Movement, was denied recognition for her heroic actions because of her gender.

• Claudette Colvin challenged segregation on buses, but she didn't become famous because civil rights groups didn't think she was the right face for the movement.

What is the most likely reason the author wrote the selection?

• to convince readers to do more for civil rights.

• to show that people don't take you seriously when you're young.

• to explain Claudette Colvin's accomplishment for civil rights.

• to inform the reader about Claudette Colvin and the reasons behind her not being well known today.

What message is conveyed throughout the article of Claudette Colvin?

• young people can also do inspiring things.

• you can do anything you put your mind to.

• trauma can have a serious effect on someones life.

• children are an inappropriate symbol for civil rights.

How did Claudette Colvin's actions compare to Rosa Park's actions?

• Claudette Colvin's actions were more violent in her refusal to give up her seat than Rosa Park's were.

• Claudette Colvin's actions were a sign of resistance, while Rosa Parks just didn't want to move after a long day.

• Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks both challenged segregation, but Rosa Park's resistance was used as a symbol the civil rights movement.

• Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks did not intend to start revolutions when they decided to not give up their seats on the bus.

Which statement from the selection best supports the idea that Claudette's actions were overshadowed?

• most people know about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott... but few know that there were a number of women who refused to give up their seats on the same bus system.

• Two police officers put her in handcuffs and arrested her. Her school books went flying off her lap.

• And then I got scared, and panic came over me, and I started crying. Then I started saying the Lord's Prayer, she says.

• people may think that Park's action was spontaneous, but black civic leaders had been thinking about what to do about the Montgomery buses for years.