Ruby Bridges

In the 1960s, black and white people couldn’t ride together on the bus, drink from the same fountains or go to the same schools. What was this separation called?

• compassion
• integration
• segregation
• determination

Ruby Bridges was the first black child to ________.

• integrate an all-white elementary school by herself
• visit the Supreme Court
• sit with white children on a bus
• skip first grade

What is it called when students of all colors can go to school together?

• segregation
• integration
• separation
• testing

What did the US president do to keep Ruby safe on her first day of school?

• He came to New Orleans.
• He sent guards to walk with her.
• He ordered the mob of white people to stay home.
• He shut down William Frantz Elementary School.

Even though the mob yelled mean things at Ruby, she didn’t give up. This shows that Ruby was ________.

• brave
• cowardly
• friendly
• greedy

On Ruby’s first day of school, what did the white parents do?

• They pulled their children out of school.
• They let their children stay in school.
• They told their children to be nice to Ruby.
• They brought presents for Ruby.

Why didn’t the white parents want their children to be in Ruby’s first grade class?

• because she was too small
• because she was from a different town
• because she was a girl
• because she was black

What did Ruby have to do before she was allowed to attend William Frantz Elementary School?

• write an essay
• do a book report
• meet all the kids in her class
• take a hard test

Ruby’s teacher Mrs. Henry ________.

• refused to teach Ruby at school
• stood with the mob and yelled mean things at Ruby
• taught Ruby every subject by herself for months
• only taught Ruby math

True or False: When Ruby got to second grade, her class had both white and black students.

• True
• False