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Rosa—Selection Vocabulary

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Read each item below carefully and choose the correct answer. Which of the following words means “gave a claim or right to”?

a)

outspoken

b)

entitled

c)

reserved

d)

sought

2.

Read each item below carefully and choose the correct answer. Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of the word defy?

a)

assist

b)

cherish

c)

motivate

d)

obey

3.

Read each item below carefully and choose the correct answer. What does the word unequal mean?

a)

not the same

b)

about the same

c)

sort of the same

d)

exactly the same

4.

Read each item below carefully and choose the correct answer. What does the word neutral mean?

a)

belonging to neither side

b)

watching a conflict take place

c)

choosing a side in a conflict

d)

being involved in a conflict

5.

What does the word reserved mean?

a)

to be loud and excited

b)

to need assistance or help

c)

a place for plants and wildlife

d)

set apart for a person or purpose

6.

Which words have almost the same meaning as the word sought?

a)

tried to find

b)

heard a story

c)

received a gift

d)

waited for something

7.

What does the word outspoken mean?

a)

honest or open

b)

clear and specific

c)

weird and strange

d)

closed and distant

8.

What does the word anticipation mean?

a)

a feeling of excitement

b)

a feeling of disbelief

c)

a feeling of worry

d)

a feeling of fear

9.

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

a)

could no longer ride the buses.

b)

had to enter the bus from the back.

c)

had to give up their seats to white people.

d)

could not go to the same schools as white people.

10.

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

a)

walking to work.

b)

working a hard day.

c)

putting white people first.

d)

making dinner for her husband.

11.

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?

a)

ride the buses

b)

ride their bikes

c)

stay off the buses

d)

stay home from work

12.

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?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Raymond Parks

c)

Dr. Jo Ann Robinson

d)

Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

13.

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

a)

they did not need them anymore.

b)

the weather was unseasonably cold.

c)

they wanted to support the people who stayed off the buses.

d)

they wanted to support the bus drivers who got cold during the winter.