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Rosa Parks

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“People with power over others”

a)

authority

b)

boycott

c)

discrimination

d)

provoke

2.

“brought together, no longer apart or segregated”

a)

integrated

b)

seperated

c)

discriminated

d)

segregated

3.

“Money to be released from jail”

a)

bail

b)

boycott

c)

arrested

d)

conviction

4.

“Treating people in a particular group unfairly”

a)

discrimination

b)

compassion

c)

desperately

d)

authority

5.

“The act of separating or keeping apart because of race”

a)

segretation

b)

integration

c)

discrimination

d)

compassion

6.

“Continuing in spite of challenges, unchanging”

a)

persistent

b)

provoke

c)

authority

d)

eavesdrop

7.

“A woman who sews clothes”

a)

seamstress

b)

NAACP

c)

boycott

d)

protest

8.

“A decision that someone is guilty of a criminal offense”

a)

conviction

b)

compassion

c)

penalty

d)

bail

9.

“Listen secretly to”

a)

eavesdrop

b)

desperately

c)

persistent

d)

provoke

10.

“To force a person or thing to act”

a)

provoke

b)

persistent

c)

segregation

d)

boycott

11.

“An organization that has fought for the civil rights of men, women, and children since 1909”

a)

NAACP

b)

Montgomery Improvement Association

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

Rosa Parks

12.

“A way to punish an organization by refusing to use its product or service”

a)

boycott

b)

discriminate

c)

segregate

d)

provoke

13.

Ideas in the magazine profile of Rosa Parks are mostly organized by 

a)

the time order of events.

b)

the author’s memory of events.

c)

the reasons people consider her a hero.

d)

the way she affected the Civil Rights Movement.

14.

     Why does the author give details about the bus laws in Montgomery?

a)

To show why the actions of Parks were important

b)

To add more details to the profile

c)

To show how much the laws have changed

d)

To add a connection to Martin Luther King, Jr.

15.

Which sentence gives information about the time order of events in 

 the profile?

a)

That afternoon, the Montgomery Improvement Association was formed.

b)

A black person was not even allowed to sit across the aisle from whites.

c)

And she did not plan her fateful act: “I did not get on the bus to get arrested,” she has said.

d)

This, anyway, was the story I had heard from the time I was curious enough to eavesdrop on adult conversations.

16.

This profile is mostly about

a)

the life of a famous political leader.

b)

the childhood memories of the author.

c)

a quiet woman who brought about change.

d)

the ways bus laws in America have changed.

17.

According to the profile, Parks became a hero when she 

a)

showed her respect to a police officer.

b)

defended her rights as a human being.

c)

received the support of Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

was the first black woman to drive a bus in the south.

18.

What does the author seem to admire most about Parks?

a)

Her quiet strength

b)

Her courage in jail

c)

Her love for her family

d)

Her physical appearance

19.

Pronouns take the place of _____________.

a)

nouns

b)

subject

c)

object

d)

verbs

20.

The _____________of a sentence is the person, place, or thing that is performing the action of the sentence.

a)

subject

b)

object

c)

noun

d)

pronoun

21.

The _____________ of a sentence is the person or thing that receives the action of the verb.

a)

object

b)

subject

c)

noun

d)

pronoun

22.

Rosa Parks boarded the bus.

a)

She

b)

her

c)

They

d)

Them

23.

Rosa Parks rode the bus every day.

a)

it

b)

them

c)

they

d)

him

24.

Rosa parks inspires my friends and me

a)

us

b)

them

c)

we

d)

they

25.

Susan B. Anthony wanted women to be able to vote.

a)

them

b)

her

c)

she

d)

they

26.

Women did not have the same rights as men.

a)

They

b)

She

c)

Her

d)

Them

27.

The government sent Nelson Mandela to jail.

a)

him

b)

he

c)

they

d)

them

28.

Rosa Parks took a seat on a bus. _______ refused to give up her seat.

a)

She

b)

He

c)

They

d)

Her

29.

The boycott changed the law. _______ changed America.

a)

It

b)

They

c)

Them

d)

He

30.

I think Gandhi was a great man. _______ helped his countrymen and women overthrow British rule.

a)

He

b)

Him

c)

They

d)

Them

31.

 Nelson Mandela is one of my heroes. _______ fought against unjust laws and changed _________. 

a)

He/them

b)

It/him

c)

They/it

d)

He/it