WorksheetsRosa Parks Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What does segregation mean?
The separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.
Stopping and visiting with friends and family.
Having equal rights.
What was the result of Rosa Parks getting kicked off the bus?
Bus boycott
Riot
Sit-ins
Little Rock Nine
What happened to Rosa Parks because she would not get out of her seat on the bus?
The bus driver left her alone.
Rosa Parks was sent to jail.
The bus driver found her another seat on the bus.
Rosa Parks worked all day.
True or False: Rosa Parks helped change the laws in America.
True
False
How was the Montgomery Bus Boycott effective?
It gave free transportation to African Americans
It segregated buses in America
It made Rosa Parks lots of money
It helped de-segregate buses in America
Because of Rosa Parks' actions, everyone in America has . . .
no rights
some rights
more equal rights
What famous person is this poem titled after?
Rosario Dawson
Shakespeare's Rosalind
Rosa Parks
Rosie Perez
In the poem "Rosa", What word does Dove use to describe Parks's name?
Boring
Short
Fat
Trim
What historic movement was Parks a part of?
The Civil Rights Movement
The Women's Liberation Movement
The 80s Hair Band Movement
The Suffragist Movement
What might the "bench" in the second stanza be a reference to?
A commemorative bench
The bus bench
Both 1 and 2
None of the above
What does the line "Doing nothing was the doing" refer to?
Parks being lazy.
Parks not resisting arrest.
Parks's refusal to give up her seat on the bus.
Parks's stage fright.
In the poem Rosa, what lights up Parks's eyes?
The stars
The police interrogation lights
The camera's flash
A glance from her boyfriend
In the poem, who can we infer "they" is in the final stanza?
Friends of Rosa's.
Other people on the bus.
Bus drivers.
Police officers.
Dove (the poet) doesn't mention the bus even once, or even her refusal to give up her seat. Why do you think Dove leaves these things out?
True or False: To be sensible is someone who has bad judgement.
True
False
What is an example of courtesy?
Throwing someones bag on the floor.
Eating all of your friend's chips.
Doing all of your classwork.
Holding the door open for a stranger.
What is a synonym for trim?
Tidy.
Messy.
Original.
Amazing.
What is an antonym for retrieve?
Replenish.
Recover.
Lose.
Reclaim.
