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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Why did the author’s mother move her children to the back of the bus?
The front row seats on the bus are dirty
She did not want to risk having the bus driver ask them to move.
She doesn't like sitting in the front because it's too noisy
She prefers the back of the bus because she has too many kids with her
Tags
CCSS.RF.4.4C
CCSS.RI.4.1
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RI.5.1
CCSS.RL.3.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What line(s) of the text suggest that perhaps at another point in time her mother may have chosen a seat closer to the front of the bus?
Line 6 says, “Not with us. Not now,”
Line 4 says, "too dangerous to sit closer to the front"
Line 7 says, "Me in the arms all of three months old"
Line 8 says, "and brother squeezed into the seat beside her"
Tags
CCSS.RF.4.4C
CCSS.RI.4.1
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RF.5.4C
CCSS.RF.3.4C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Who is another person you learned about who was treated unfairly on a bus because she was African American?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Harriet Tubman
Rosa Parks
Malcolm X
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.9
CCSS.RI.5.7
CCSS.RI.6.7
CCSS.RL.4.7
CCSS.RL.5.7
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
On lines 12-16, Why do you think the author’s mother gave her children strict directions about how to behave, i.e., “Sit up straight. …Take your fingers out of your mouth?”
Many White Southerners believed that African Americans were capable or smart as they were, so the mother wanted White Southerners to look at them badly.
The author's mother thought those behaviors were rude
The author's mother was a teacher
Many White Southerners believed that African Americans were not as capable or as smart as they were. The author’s mother wanted her children to be especially well behaved to “disprove” those stereotypes.
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CCSS.RF.4.4C
CCSS.RI.4.1
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What does the author’s mother mean by the phrase This isn’t Ohio?
South Carolina was a place of acceptance
In Ohio, African Americans did not face the same type of discrimination that they faced in the South, in places like South Carolina, so they had to be more careful in South Carolina not to call attention to themselves.
In Ohio, African Americans faced discrimination in the north, but in places like South Carolina, they did not have to be careful
Ohio was their home
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Why did the author’s mother say to “step off the curb if a white person comes toward you, and not to look them in the eye”?
She was trying to fight with a white person who might not treat them kindly.
She was trying to have a confrontation, or unpleasant interaction, with a white person who might not treat them kindly.
She was trying to avoid a confrontation, or unpleasant interaction, with a white person who might not treat them kindly.
She wanted her children to have problems with a white person
Tags
CCSS.RF.4.4C
CCSS.RI.4.1
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RF.5.4C
CCSS.RI.5.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Why might the author’s grandparents say “Welcome home,” and why might her mother be crying?
The grandparents are happy the author and her family are moving into their home. Her mother may be crying out of sadness, relief, or happiness.
the grandparents are not happy the author and her family are moving into their home. Her mother may be crying out of sadness.
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RI.1.1
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
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