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WorksheetsMy Brother Martin/The Struggle for Equal Rights
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
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Class
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1.
Both selections suggest that
a)
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus.
b)
Many people were concerned about equal treatment.
c)
People thought it was easy to change unfair laws.
d)
Martin was named after his dad.
2.
One contrast between the two selections is that
a)
Martin wrote My Brother Martin but not The Struggle for Equal Rights
b)
The Struggle for Equal Rights discussed segregation but My Brother Martin did not.
c)
My Brother Martin was written in 1st person point of view but The Struggle for Equal Rights was not
d)
Both have the same author
3.
Which of the following ideas is found in both selections?
a)
civil rights movement
b)
children participate in a "sit-in"
c)
the childhood of Martin Luther King
d)
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
4.
Which sentence from the article, The Struggle for Equal Rights supports the idea that African Americans were treated unfairly?
a)
Rosa Parks sparked a quiet revolution when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery city bus.
b)
Sometimes black children were not allowed to go to school with white children.
c)
Montgomery, Alabama is called the cradle of the civil rights movement.
d)
This harsh reality was called segregation.
5.
Which of the following identifies My Brother Martin as a biography?
a)
Martin wrote it.
b)
It is written in 1st person point of view.
c)
It is written about Martin, but written by someone else.
d)
It is about Martin, but nobody knows is it is true.
6.
Segregation means
a)
to seperate people based on skin color, hair color, height, gender or other.
b)
The opposite of integration
c)
both
d)
neither/none
7.
An example of an injustice could be
a)
when a theif goes to jail
b)
when a student isn't allowed to play at recess because of a conduct cut
c)
when a student has to ride the bus to school
d)
when someone steals something from your locker
8.
Which would have occurred after integration?
a)
children would have "sit-ins"
b)
everyone could eat lunch in the cafeteria
c)
Martin Luther King retired
d)
blacks would refuse to use seperate bathrooms
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