1. In “Traveling,” what happens when the bus stops in Washington?
Traveling Grace Peavle

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English
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9th Grade
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Hard
Margaret Anderson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A Jewish boy knocks down a black man.
Passengers argue over seats near the front of the bus.
Black people who are seated at the front move to the back of the bus.
The narrator moves to the back of the bus to protest segregation.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why does the bus driver in “Traveling” tell the narrator’s mother and sister to move?
They are supposed to be sitting in the back part of the bus.
They are sitting in the part of the bus reserved for black people.
They are occupying a seat needed by a black woman carrying a baby.
They are supposed to give up a seat to a white man who is standing.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens when the narrator in “Traveling” offers her seat to a young black woman who is holding a baby?
The woman turns down the seat but lets the narrator hold her baby.
The woman is too proud to accept the seat offered by the narrator.
The woman accepts the seat, but a white man makes her get back up.
The woman gladly accepts and sits in the seat with her baby.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What can you conclude about the black woman's behavior?
The author's behavior can be considered as a personal resistance to the Jim Crow Law.
The child wanted to sit on the author's lap.
The writer experiences the natural instincts of a mother when the child was put in her lap
The back woman behavior can be considered as a personal resistance to the Jim Crow Law.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is one of the most important messages of “Traveling”?
Children are born innocent, and it is innocence that saves them.
It takes courage to stand against prejudice, but it is the right thing to do.
Even though we think there has been progress, society has failed to end segregation.
No matter how close children and mothers are, there are stories that mothers never tell.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In “Traveling,” the narrator and her mother both refuse to participate in prejudice against people of other races. What does that suggest about the author’s feelings toward segregation?
She observed on the bus a kind of natural and orderly human reorganization.
The author does not agree with the segregation rules of the South.
The author included these details to indicate that the mother, the author, and the baby were acting in obedience to nature, rather than to the law.
The mother was too tired to carry the child.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the most important structure that the author of “Traveling” uses to organize her story?
order of importance, beginning with the most important details
comparison and contrast, demonstrating differences between events
chronological, from events of long ago to events of later time periods
spatial, from events occurring close by to those occurring much farther away
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