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WorksheetsRosa—Selection Vocabulary
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Read each item below carefully and choose the correct answer. Which of the following words means “gave a claim or right to”?
outspoken
entitled
reserved
sought
Read each item below carefully and choose the correct answer. Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of the word defy?
assist
cherish
motivate
obey
Read each item below carefully and choose the correct answer. What does the word unequal mean?
not the same
about the same
sort of the same
exactly the same
Read each item below carefully and choose the correct answer. What does the word neutral mean?
belonging to neither side
watching a conflict take place
choosing a side in a conflict
being involved in a conflict
What does the word reserved mean?
to be loud and excited
to need assistance or help
a place for plants and wildlife
set apart for a person or purpose
Which words have almost the same meaning as the word sought?
tried to find
heard a story
received a gift
waited for something
What does the word outspoken mean?
honest or open
clear and specific
weird and strange
closed and distant
What does the word anticipation mean?
a feeling of excitement
a feeling of disbelief
a feeling of worry
a feeling of fear
Read the following questions carefully. You may look back at the selection to help find the answer to each question. The “evil custom” referred to in the story was that African American people
could no longer ride the buses.
had to enter the bus from the back.
had to give up their seats to white people.
could not go to the same schools as white people.
Read the following questions carefully. You may look back at the selection to help find the answer to each question. While waiting for the police to arrest her, Rosa was tired of
walking to work.
working a hard day.
putting white people first.
making dinner for her husband.
Read the following questions carefully. You may look back at the selection to help find the answer to each question. What did the women of the Women’s Political Council encourage people to do?
ride the buses
ride their bikes
stay off the buses
stay home from work
Read the following questions carefully. You may look back at the selection to help find the answer to each question. Who did everyone agree should speak for them against the injustice of inequality?
Rosa Parks
Raymond Parks
Dr. Jo Ann Robinson
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Read the following questions carefully. You may look back at the selection to help find the answer to each question. People from around the United States sent shoes, coats, and money to Montgomery because
they did not need them anymore.
the weather was unseasonably cold.
they wanted to support the people who stayed off the buses.
they wanted to support the bus drivers who got cold during the winter.
