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WorksheetsRuby Bridges & Bravery
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
In the 1960s, black and white people couldn’t ride together on the bus, drink from the same fountains or go to the same schools. What was this separation called?
compassion
integration
segregation
determination
Ruby Bridges was the first black child to ________.
integrate an all-white elementary school by herself
visit the Supreme Court
sit with white children on a bus
skip first grade
What is it called when students of all colors can go to school together?
segregation
integration
separation
testing
What did Ruby have to do before she was allowed to attend William Frantz Elementary School?
write an essay
do a book report
meet all the kids in her class
take a hard test
What did the US president do to keep Ruby safe on her first day of school?
He came to New Orleans.
He sent guards to walk with her.
He ordered the mob of white people to stay home.
He shut down William Frantz Elementary School.
Even though the mob yelled mean things at Ruby, she didn’t give up. This shows that Ruby was ________.
brave
cowardly
friendly
greedy
On Ruby’s first day of school, what did the white parents do?
They pulled their children out of school.
They let their children stay in school.
They told their children to be nice to Ruby.
They brought presents for Ruby.
Why didn’t the white parents want their children to be in Ruby’s first grade class?
because she was too small
because she was from a different town
because she was a girl
because she was black
Ruby’s teacher Mrs. Henry ________.
refused to teach Ruby at school
stood with the mob and yelled mean things at Ruby
taught Ruby every subject by herself for months
only taught Ruby math
True or False: When Ruby got to second grade, her class had both white and black students.
True
False
