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Twice Towards Justice-Reading Intervention

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

White women

b)

White men

c)

Black passengers until a white person needed to sit down

d)

Whites only

2.

What was the job of Jim Crow?

a)

To regulate the bus system

b)

To keep the races separate and the blacks poor

c)

To separate all races of people

d)

Jim Crow was a union man

3.

Why did the author name chapter 1 Jim Crow and the Detested Number Ten

a)

To tell us about the man who started racism in the south

b)

To tell us about how the 10 members of Jim Crow got started in the south and how blacks suffered.

c)

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.

d)

To explain the Jim Crow south and the 10 laws blacks had to follow.

4.

On Monday, May 17, 1954 in this famous case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed what?

a)

Segregation on public buses

b)

Segregation in public places

c)

Racial segregation in libraries

d)

Racial segregation in public schools.

5.

In Chapter 2, how did Claudette say she got her nickname?

a)

From her teacher

b)

From her grandmother

c)

From her doctor

d)

From a neighbor

6.

What was the name of chapter 2 and Claudette's nickname?

a)

Coot

b)

Chick a boo

c)

Lady bug

d)

Cuddle bug

7.

Claudette explained to us that she was a smart little girl. what grade did she skip in school?

a)

1st grade

b)

6th grade

c)

2nd grade

d)

Freshmen year

8.

Who was Delphine to Claudette?

a)

Sister

b)

Mother

c)

Cousin

d)

Best friend

9.

What happened to Delphine?

a)

She was arrested

b)

She was killed as a child

c)

She died of Polio

d)

She died of TB

10.

Who organized the boycott, and what specific actions did they organize? Check all that apply.

a)

The leaders of the black community created a “new organization” (74) to run the bus boycott: the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA).

b)

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).

c)

An organization in Kentucky organized the bus boycott because they had more experience with peaceful protests.

d)

The group of black leaders nominated newcomer Martin Luther King, Jr. as president in order to “avoid friction” (74) among established local black leaders.

11.

How did the Colvin family participate in the boycott?

a)

The Colvin family “stayed off the bus” (77)

b)

Claudette’s family went to the mass meetings and heard Dr. King speak (79).

c)

Claudette’s father used their savings to buy a used Plymouth to help Claudette’s mother get around.

d)

Claudette’s “family duties” increased during the boycott because her mother was out late helping to “drive people places” (78).

12.

A Class-action suit is a lawsuit representing a group of people who share a common claim against another.

a)

True

b)

False