Rosa Parks: You're Under Arrest Quiz

What does Rosa Parks notice when she takes a bus home on December 1st?

• She forgot to bring money to pay a fare.

• The back of the bus has broken windows, and it is very cold outside.

• The driver is the same one that put her off the bus in 1943.

• Everyone on the bus seems to be in a bad mood.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Where does Rosa Parks sit on the Cleveland Avenue bus?

• A vacant front section seat

• A vacant middle section seat

• A vacant back section seat

• Rosa Parks does not sit, but she stands in the front.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What do the other three black passengers do when the bus drivers ask them to move?

• They refuse to move and remain with Rosa Parks.

• Two refuse to move and only one goes to the back of the bus.

• The three of them hesitate, but they soon move to the back of the bus.

• They immediately obey the driver on his first request.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

How old was Rosa Parks when she refused to move?

• 42

• 56

• 78

• 81

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CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

What does Rosa say she might have done if she thought too deeply about what she was doing?

• She might have apologized to the driver.

• She might have physically attacked the driver.

• She might left the bus and walked home.

• She might have simply moved to the back of the bus.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What did Rosa Parks think about the three other passengers who refused to move at first?

• Rosa was grateful for their support and wrote them letters later.

• Rosa never thought hard of them and did not criticize them.

• Rosa was angry they did not help her confront the driver.

• Rosa thought they were cowards.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did the police do when they arrived?

• They asked the driver to consider letting Rosa stay seated.

• They roughly handcuffed Rosa and took her away.

• They explain the law, and Rosa enters the police car on her own.

• They ask the passengers to explain what is happening.

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What does Rosa talk to the police officers about as they drive her to City Hall?

• She tells them they were wrong to arrest her.

• She tells them she had a bad experience with that driver before.

• She tells them she hopes her actions will end segregation.

• She says nothing.

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6