Claudette Colvin Chapter 6

1. What was Claudette Colvin described as after she was found guilty?

• Emotional

• Fiesty

• Profane

• Uncontrollable

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1. What did the NAACP decide to do after Claudette’s conviction?

• No longer talk to her

• Leave her in jail

• Make her the face of the boycott

• Raise money for the appeal

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CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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1. Who was Virginia Durr?

• Rosa Parks' mom

• A wealthy and influential white Montgomerian who supported the NAACP

• The newspaper journalist

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CCSS.RI.8.10

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1. How were African American students supposed to feel about their African heritage?

• ashamed

• proud

• angry

• ignore it

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1. Rosa Parks was easy to get to know, warm, talkative, and funny.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.RL.2.6

Who was the second teenager to stand up for their right on the bus?

• Jeremiah Reeves

• Mary Louise

• Joanne Robinson

• Emmett Till

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

1. What rumors were made up about Mary Louise Smith?

• Her father was a drunk

• She was well educated

• Her family lived in a shack

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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1. Which two charges against Claudette were dropped?

• assaulting a police officer

• disturbing the peace

• breaking the segregation law

• failure to appear in court

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What happened to Emmett Till?

• He got arrested and sentenced to life.
  

• He got the death sentence by electric chair.
  

• He was killed and left in a river.

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CCSS.RL.8.9

Who funded Claudette’s case?

• Claudette's mom

• NAACP

• Rosa Parks

• Area churches

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CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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