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Delivering Justice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What lured Westley into the kitchen?

a)

the smell of his grandma's perfume

b)

Old John

c)

the smell of his grandma's biscuit

d)

his mom came to visit

2.

The saleswoman treated Westley's grandma as if she were a?

a)

child

b)

Mrs.

c)

woman

d)

somebody

3.

Most of the time, black people were kept ___________________ from whites.

a)

together

b)

segregated

c)

civilized

d)

in their home

4.

What did Westley promise himself?

a)

get a job as a police man

b)

not go to school and fight against the bad people

c)

he would bake his grandma some homemade biscuits

d)

he would fulfill his grandma's prayers

5.

Westley know that many black people didn't vote because they had to?

a)

get in line

b)

pass a test to register

c)

be white

6.

In what year was Westley working as a mailman?

a)

1949

b)

1942

c)

1849

d)

1956

7.

What does NAACP stand for?

a)

National Acceptance for the Achievements of Colored People

b)

National Acceptance for the Awesomeness of Colored People

c)

National Association for the Advancement of Cheerful People

d)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

8.

They had to _________________ without ever using violence, even if the other side did.

a)

yell

b)

read

c)

protest

d)

get lost

9.

Why did the police arrest the students?

a)

they kept eating their food at the counter

b)

the broke the city's segregation laws

c)

they spilled milk all over the counter

d)

the broke the chair they were sitting on

10.

What does the word mistreated mean?

a)

put in a wrong place

b)

estimated wrongly

c)

doubted the truth

d)

treated badly

11.

What does the word fulfill mean?

a)

takes up all the space

b)

make something full

c)

do what is required

d)

cover a blank area

12.

What does the word encouragement mean?

a)

support that inspires confidence

b)

something that restores health

c)

the ability to face danger

d)

an unexpected meeting

13.

• Verb: enrolled officially or formally

• Verb: made a record of something


Which of the following words is defined above?

a)

fulfill

b)

mistreated

c)

protested

d)

registered

14.

Which word means almost the SAME as qualified?

a)

proper

b)

honorable

c)

capable

d)

remarkable

15.

What does the word protest mean?

a)

put to the test

b)

keep something safe

c)

admit something openly

d)

express disapproval of something

16.

What does the word boycott mean?

a)

one sent to gather information

b)

the tendency of an object to float

c)

a refusal to do business with a group

d)

a member of the U.S. boys's organization

17.

Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of injustice?

a)

faithfulness

b)

fairness

c)

happiness

d)

kindness

18.

What made Thursdays special for Westley?

a)

He got to see his mom.

b)

Old John would tell him stories.

c)

He got to eat at a lunch counter.

d)

It was his night to help his grandma make dinner.

19.

What was the purpose of the voter school?

a)

to help people pass the registration test

b)

to teach people to read and write

c)

to hold meetings for the NAACP

d)

to tell people how to vote

20.

What made the results of Savannah’s boycott special

compared to others in the United States?

a)

It was the first southern city to declare all its citizens

equal.

b)

Westley was the main organizer of the protests.

c)

Very few people were arrested in the protests.

d)

It focused on desegregating one place at a time.