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Reading Test: Rosa Parks

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rosa Parks was tired. She had worked ____ hours that day as a seamstress at a local clothing store in Montgomery, Alabama.

a)

short

b)

long

c)

much

d)

less

2.

However, it was not because she was ______ tired that she refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. It was because she was worn-out from being pushed around.

a)

physically

b)

mentally

c)

carefully

d)

cheerfully

3.

She was tired of the discrimination in ____ world around her.

a)

a

b)

an

c)

the

d)

-

4.

Discrimination is when a person is treated differently or judged unfairly by _____.

a)

other

b)

another

c)

the same

d)

others

5.

Rosa Parks lived at a time and in a place ____ people were discriminated against based on the color of their skin.

a)

when

b)

where

c)

which

d)

how

6.

Black people ______ differently than white people.

a)

often were treated

b)

were treated often

c)

were often treated

d)

often treated

7.

Black people could not shop at the same stores, eat at the same restaurants, or ____ the same water fountains as white people.

a)

even using

b)

even use

c)

using

d)

use even

8.

Schools were _____ , or separated, according to a person’s skin color.

a)

segregated

b)

regenerated

c)

disintegrated

d)

accumulated

9.

As a child, Mrs. Parks remembered school buses taking white children to their schools. _____ , black children had to walk miles to their often run-down schools

a)

In short

b)

In addition

c)

Meanwhile

d)

Although

10.

There were some white children in her neighborhood who would bully black children. Mrs. Parks often _____ to them, sometimes even resorting to using her fists.

a)

brought up

b)

came up

c)

stood up

d)

looked down

11.

_____ Mrs. Parks saw a lot of hatred and unkindness, she also knew that not all people were like that.

a)

Even though

b)

However,

c)

Despite

d)

Moreover

12.

On December 1, 1955, Mrs. Parks took a stand ____ discrimination by remaining seated on the bus.

a)

when

b)

against

c)

among

d)

where

13.

______ often had to stand, or even get off the bus, if there was not enough room for white passengers.

a)

Black drivers

b)

Black passengers

c)

White passengers

d)

White customers

14.

As more white passengers ____ the bus that day, the bus driver demanded that Mrs. Parks and three other passengers in the “colored” section give up their seats to four white passengers.

a)

got off

b)

boarded

c)

get on

d)

stood on

15.

“Well, if you don’t stand up, I’m going to have to call the police and have you _____ ,” said the bus driver

a)

bedridden

b)

arrested

c)

executed

d)

celebrated

16.

Rosa Parks became a ____ that helped ignite the fight against segregation.

a)

spark

b)

park

c)

sparkle

d)

sprinkle

17.

After her arrest, over 40,000 black people boycotted riding the bus. They ______ together, and used cabs operated by black drivers.

a)

use cars

b)

carpooled

c)

carride

d)

car seated

18.

While that type of segregation no longer exists in America today, there is still _____ , and there are wrongs that need to be righted. Rosa Parks fought for racial, criminal and social justice for her entire life.

a)

equality

b)

inequality

c)

equation

d)

inability