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Rosa Parks Biography

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rosa Parks was born in ____

a)

1913

b)

1920

c)

1915

d)

1911

2.

Where was Rosa Parks born?

a)

Birmingham

b)

Richmond

c)

Tuskegee

d)

Springfield

3.

When was Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give her bus seat to a white man?

a)

22 January 1945

b)

26 April 1942

c)

8 August 1954

d)

1 December 1955

4.

Who led the Montgomery bus boycott?

a)

William Du Bois

b)

Ida Bell Wells

c)

Martin Luther King

d)

Mary Ovington

5.

When did the Montgomery bus boycott end?

a)

6 March 1960

b)

20 December 1956

c)

19 September 1958

d)

3 October 1959

6.

Which organization established Rosa Parks Freedom Award?

a)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

b)

Niagara Movement

c)

Montgomery Improvement Association

d)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

7.
a)

1971

b)

1977

c)

1987

d)

1998

8.

When did Rosa Parks die?

a)

5 January 2000

b)

9 April 1999

c)

26 August 1992

d)

24 October 2005

9.

Where did Rosa Parks die?

a)

Palm Springs

b)

Detroit

c)

Chicago

d)

Olympia

10.

What happened after people stopped riding the buses?

a)

The law about where you can sit so buses changed.

b)

People moved to a new city.

c)

The police arrested everyone.

d)

The buses stopped running.

11.

What happened to Rosa Parks after she refused to move?

a)

She was kicked off the bus.

b)

She was arrested.

c)

She was left alone.

d)

She was given a medal.

12.

Why did the police arrest Rosa Parks?

a)

She refused to give her seat to a white person.

b)

She stole bread from the grocery store.

c)

She was speeding.

d)

She wasn't wearing her seatbelt.

13.

Why didn't Rosa Parks give up her seat?

a)

She thought the law was unfair.

b)

She had too many bags to get up.

c)

She didn't know anyone wanted the seat.

d)

She was sleeping.

14.

Why is Rosa Parks considered to be a hero?

a)

She helped to end segregation in the U.S.

b)

She got married.

c)

She earned her high school diploma.

d)

She ended Racism

15.

How long did the bus boycott last?

a)

1 month

b)

3 months

c)

13 months

d)

1 year

16.

What is it called when people are separated based on race?

a)

Segregation

b)

Civil Rights

c)

Prohibition

d)

Suffrage

e)

Boycotting

17.

What civil rights group did Rosa and her husband Raymond join?

a)

ACLU

b)

NOW

c)

AARP

d)

NAACP

e)

None of the above

18.

What did the people of Montgomery do to help support Rosa and to fight back?

a)

They rioted in the streets

b)

They destroyed most of the city buses

c)

They boycotted by refusing to ride the city buses

d)

All of the above

19.

How much was the fine that Rosa Parks refused to pay because she said she was not guilty of any crime?

a)

$10

b)

$30

c)

$50

d)

$100

e)

$500

20.

Where did Rosa Parks move in 1957 and live out the rest of her life?

a)

New York

b)

Michigan

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Connecticut

e)

New Jersey

21.

What is Rosa Parks most famous for?

a)

Being the first black student to attend a white elementary school in the South

b)

Refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man

c)

She was a nurse during the Civil War who founded the American Red Cross

d)

The first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

e)

Being an escaped slave who worked on the Underground Railroad

22.

Did Rosa Parks have any siblings?

a)

Yes

b)

No

23.

What was Rosa Parks Brother's name

a)

Sylvester McCauley

b)

James McCauley

c)

Martin Luther King Jr

d)

Malcolm X

24.

What was Rosa Parks's Mothers name

a)

Leona McCauley

b)

James F. Blake

c)

Ruby Bridges

d)

Martha Luther Queen

25.

What was Rosa Parks's Dad's name

a)

James McCauley

b)

Raymond Parks

c)

E. D. Nixon

d)

Fred Gray

26.

What was the name of the bus driver that told Rosa Parks to get to the back of the bus

a)

James Blake

b)

Tyler Durden

c)

John Adams

d)

John Wayne

27.

What did Rosa Parks work as before she was a civil rights activist?

a)

Secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP

b)

Jobless

c)

Security guard

28.

What was Rosa Parks's husband's job?

a)

Barber

b)

Nurse

c)

Police Officer

29.

What was Rosa Parks's Mom's Job

a)

Teacher

b)

Principal

c)

Cashier

30.

What was Rosa Park's dad's job

a)

Carpenter

b)

Teacher

c)

Janitor

d)

Barber