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Rosa Parks reader #28 by Carole Marsh

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was Rosa born?

a)

1913

b)

1932

c)

1928

d)

1902

2.

Rosa Parks worked with what organization?

a)

NATO

b)

NAACP

c)

UN

3.

Rosa Parks was happy about racial segregation?

a)

true

b)

false

4.

How many seats on a bus in Montgomery were saved for white passengers?

a)

5

b)

2

c)

10

d)

1

5.

Why was Rosa arrested in 1955?

a)

She robbed the bus driver.

b)

She ate in a white restaurant.

c)

She went to a white school

d)

She refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger.

6.

E.D Nixon helped plan for a bus boycott in Montgomery.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

What job did Rosa lose because of the bus boycott?

a)

teacher

b)

seamstress

c)

doctor

d)

barber

8.

Why did Rosa move to Detroit, Michigan?

a)

She and her husband were being harassed in Montgomery.

b)

They got better jobs in Detroit.

c)

They found a new home there.

d)

She got a divorce and wanted to leave.

9.

Was life good for Rosa when she first moved to Michigan?

a)

yes

b)

no

10.

What award did Rosa win in 1979 for her work in civil rights, two years after her husband died?

a)

Nobel Peace Prize

b)

Olympic Medal

c)

Springarn Medal