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.

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.

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.

How old was Rosa Parks when she refused to move?

• 42

• 56

• 78

• 81

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.

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.

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.

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.