WorksheetsTwice Towards Justice-Reading Intervention
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 5mins
The Montgomery bus system had it's own rules and traditions when it came to Jim Crow. Who were the first 10 seats on the bus reserved for?
White women
White men
Black passengers until a white person needed to sit down
Whites only
What was the job of Jim Crow?
To regulate the bus system
To keep the races separate and the blacks poor
To separate all races of people
Jim Crow was a union man
Why did the author name chapter 1 Jim Crow and the Detested Number Ten
To tell us about the man who started racism in the south
To tell us about how the 10 members of Jim Crow got started in the south and how blacks suffered.
To explain the living conditions of blacks dealing with laws of the Jim Crow south and the number of seats on the buses reserved for white people.
To explain the Jim Crow south and the 10 laws blacks had to follow.
On Monday, May 17, 1954 in this famous case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed what?
Segregation on public buses
Segregation in public places
Racial segregation in libraries
Racial segregation in public schools.
In Chapter 2, how did Claudette say she got her nickname?
From her teacher
From her grandmother
From her doctor
From a neighbor
What was the name of chapter 2 and Claudette's nickname?
Coot
Chick a boo
Lady bug
Cuddle bug
Claudette explained to us that she was a smart little girl. what grade did she skip in school?
1st grade
6th grade
2nd grade
Freshmen year
Who was Delphine to Claudette?
Sister
Mother
Cousin
Best friend
What happened to Delphine?
She was arrested
She was killed as a child
She died of Polio
She died of TB
Who organized the boycott, and what specific actions did they organize? Check all that apply.
The leaders of the black community created a “new organization” (74) to run the bus boycott: the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA).
The MIA designed the car pool to replace the bus transportation and had to pay for its operation, including “more than thirty station wagons” (74).
An organization in Kentucky organized the bus boycott because they had more experience with peaceful protests.
The group of black leaders nominated newcomer Martin Luther King, Jr. as president in order to “avoid friction” (74) among established local black leaders.
How did the Colvin family participate in the boycott?
The Colvin family “stayed off the bus” (77)
Claudette’s family went to the mass meetings and heard Dr. King speak (79).
Claudette’s father used their savings to buy a used Plymouth to help Claudette’s mother get around.
Claudette’s “family duties” increased during the boycott because her mother was out late helping to “drive people places” (78).
A Class-action suit is a lawsuit representing a group of people who share a common claim against another.
True
False
