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Ruby Bridges Through My Eyes

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Ruby Bridges born?

a)

Louisianna

b)

Mississippi

c)

Alabama

d)

Tennessee

2.

What did Ruby do in order to get the chance to eat in the cafeteria?

a)

Hid her food throughout the classroom

b)

Lied to Mrs. Henry about not having lunches

c)

Asked the principal if she could eat in the cafeteria

d)

Ruby Never wanted to eat in the cafeteria

3.

What is a characteristic that defines Mrs. Henry well?

a)

Mean

b)

Selfish

c)

Selfless

d)

Clueless

4.

What was the purpose of the US Marshalls?

a)

Stand and look pretty

b)

Fight for the Civil Rights Movement

c)

Fight Against the Civil Rights Movement

d)

Protect Ruby to, in, and from school

5.

What did the NAACP NOT tell Ruby's parents in order to get them on board with integrating into William Frantz?

a)

William Frantz is a better school

b)

William Frantz is closer to Ruby's house than her current school

c)

They said Ruby had a right to go to William Frantz

d)

Everyone in the community will be supportive of Ruby going to William Frantz

6.

Why did Ruby's parents move the whole family to New Orleans from Mississippi?

a)

Because they wanted to

b)

Because they had family in New Orleans

c)

Because they wanted to make a better living in the city

d)

Because they felt that they would be more influential to the movement if they lived in the city

7.

What is integration?

a)

Someone who did the farm work and lived there, but they did not own the farm

b)

Putting together

c)

Separating or keeping apart

d)

Group that fought for equal rights

8.

What is segregation?

a)

Someone who did the farm work and lived there, but they did not own the farm

b)

Putting together

c)

Separating or keeping apart

d)

Group that fought for equal rights

9.

What is a sharecropper?

a)

Someone who did the farm work and lived there, but they did not own the farm

b)

Putting together

c)

Separating or keeping apart

d)

Group that fought for equal rights

10.

Who wrote Ruby a letter of support?

a)

Eleanor Roosevelt

b)

Barbara Henry

c)

Michael Jackson

d)

Elvis Presley

11.

Who was John Steinbeck?

a)

Famous author

b)

Doctor of psychiatry who met with Ruby

c)

Famous artist

d)

Ruby's teacher

12.

Who was Norman Rockwell?

a)

Famous author

b)

Doctor of psychiatry who met with Ruby

c)

Famous artist

d)

Ruby's teacher

13.

Who was Robert Coles?

a)

Famous author

b)

Doctor of psychiatry who met with Ruby

c)

Famous artist

d)

Ruby's teacher

14.

Where did Ruby go to school?

a)

McDonough No. 19

b)

William Frantz

c)

Center Grove

15.

Ruby's teacher name was...

a)

Barbara Henry

b)

Brandy Hines

c)

Bailey Harrison

d)

Becky Hanks

16.

What did Thurgood Marshall do?

a)

Made wonderful paintings

b)

Gave a magnificent speech that lead to huge moves during the Civil Rights Movement

c)

Was a lawyer for NAACP and then became a Supreme Court judge

d)

He was a famous football player during the 1960s

17.

That group of high school students who were sent into an all-white school were known as...

a)

Freedom Riders

b)

The Bravest of Them All

c)

Freedom Writers

d)

Little Rock Nine

18.

The Governor of Louisiana at the time of Ruby's story who was AGAINST integration was named...

a)

Jimmie Davis

b)

George Washington

c)

Abraham Lincoln

19.

Group that fought for equal rights...

a)

NAACP

b)

Ku Klux Klan

c)

All American Citizens

20.

This man was a Federal District Court Judge who ordered integration.

a)

J. Skelly Wright

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Jimmie Davis

d)

Robert Coles