Rosa-5th RWonders

Which text evidence best supports the author’s point of view the separating seats on the bus by color was wrong?

• “Men take up more space, she was thinking as she tried to squish her packages closer.”

• “Rosa saw that the section reserved for blacks was full, but she noticed the neutral section, the part of the bus where blacks or whites could sit, had free seats."

• "As was the evil custom, she then got off the bus and went to the back door to enter the bus from the rear."

• “I said give me those seats!” bus driver bellowed.”

Read the excerpt from the article. (page 303)

“I said give me those seats! The bus driver bellowed. Mrs. Parks looked up in surprise. The two men on the opposite side of the aisle were rising to move into the crowded black section. Jimmy’s father muttered, more to himself that anyone else. “ I don’t feel like trouble today. I’m gonna move.”

Mrs. Parks stood to let him out, looked at James Blake, the bus driver, and then sat back down. “You better make it easy on yourself!” Blake yelled. “Why do you pick on us?” Mrs. Parks asked with that quiet strength of hers.

“I’m going to call the police!” Blake threatened. “Do what you must,” Mrs. Parks quietly replied. She was not frightened. She was not going to give in to that which wrong.

What do the details in the excerpt have in common? Select the best two options.

• They tell how people were mistreated.

• They tell how the bus looked and where people sat.

• They tell how Rosa was brave to stand up for what was right.

• They tell how Rosa was daydreaming.

• They tell how people were willing to follow the laws.

Read the sentence from the article.

“Not Mrs. Parks!” Mrs. Robinson exclaimed. She then looked furtively around. “ Pass the word that everybody should meet me at my office at ten o’clock tonight,” she said.

If furtive means “done in a secretive way,” what does furtively mean?

• dark

• truthful

• crafty

• sneaky

Which sentence states the author’s point of view of equality?

• All people are entitled to be treated equally.

• Only specific people should be treated equally.

• Peoples’ rights were starting to change.

• The Constitution does not support equality.

Read the sentence from the article.

On November 13, 1956, almost a year after the arrest of Rosa Parks, the Supreme Court of the United States rules that segregation on the buses, like segregation at schools, was illegal.

Part A:

What does the word illegal mean?

• allowed

• forbidden

• promoted

• legal

Read the sentence from the article.

On November 13, 1956, almost a year after the arrest of Rosa Parks, the Supreme Court of the United States rules that segregation on the buses, like segregation at schools, was illegal.

Part B:

The prefix –il means “not.” Which word uses the prefix in the same way as in the word illegal?

• illustrate

• illness

• illusion

• illegible