WorksheetsMs Pires Emmett Till Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 19mins
Where was Emmett Till born?
Richmond
Chicago
New York
Where did Emmett Till die?
Richmond
Alabama
Money, Mississippi
New York City
Why was Emmett Till in Mississippi?
To visit his family
To go on vaction
For school
What decision did Emmett's mother make that impacted the Civil Rights movement?
Spoke out on the news
Testified in court
Had an open casket funeral
Marched in Mississippi
what was his age when he died
12
11
16
14
What happened to the two men that brutally killed Emmett Till?
They received the death penalty
Nothing, they were acquitted
Life in jail, no parole
They were murdered
Which statement best describes how Mamie Till was affected by her son’s death?
Mamie Till was embarrassed her son was murdered and withdrew from public view.
Mamie Till felt that she needed to share what happened to her son to show how bad racism was in the South.
Mamie Till was inspired to fight for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Mamie Till was celebrated after she forgave the killers of her son during an interview with Look Magazine.
Emmett's body was in a severe state of decomposition when it was found, apart from the damage to the face, making identification difficult, however a certain item found on the corpse helped to identify it as Emmett. What was it?
A watch
A ID bracelet
A necklace
A ring
