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Getting Away With Murder: ...Emmett Till (Test Review)
Getting Away With Murder: ...Emmett Till (Test Review)
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This will review for test over the book by Chris Crowe
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1
How did Emmett's mom BEST pressure the state of Mississippi to investigate Emmett's death?
She called the Chicago police department
She called major news outlets
She called the Mississippi police department
She called Sheriff Strider
2
Where was Emmett born?
Chicago
New Orleans
Baltimore
New York
3
How old was Emmett at the time of his death?
12
13
14
15
4
Why did Emmett likely flirt with the woman in the store?
None of these
He wanted to defy the Jim Crow laws
He was just a flirtatious young man
peer pressure
5
Once Emmett's body was found, how was it identified?
a birthmark
fingerprints
DNA
a ring
6
Why did Milam and Bryant sell their story to a magazine?
Whites in Money, MS disowned them
They were proud of their crime
Their wives divorced them
Their businesses weren't doing well
7
Where was Emmett's body found?
Chattahoochee River
Tallahatchie River
Pascagoula River
Mississippi River
8
Who was the judge that presided over the Emmett Till murder trial?
Judge Crowe
Judge Wright
Judge Evers
Judge Swango
9
Why did the author highlight Emmett's chores, favorite sports, and relationship to his mom?
To make connections between him and regular teens
to show him as responsible
To show another side of his personality than "defiant"
10
What was considered "Black Monday"?
When segregated schools were declared unconstitutional
When the White Citizens council was formed
The day Jim Crow laws were declared illegal
11
In what town was Emmett murdered?
Money, MS
Sumner, MS
Summer, MS
Montgomery, AL
12
What is the White Citizens Council?
a council of sympathetic whites who believed in equal rights
judges council who dealt with integration issues of whites
a branch of the Ku Klux Klan
group; used financial/political pressure to stop integration
13
What information did Strider offer that showed he was working with the defense?
He said he called a black undertaker to deal with the body
He said that Milam/Bryant were innocent
He said no one would be able to recognize the body
14
T/F: The Bryant's store was for blacks only.
True
False
15
What do Jim Crow laws enforce?
that black people could not accuse white people of crimes
the separation of blacks and whites
that black people could not vote
16
What requirement did Sheriff Strider make after agreeing to ship the body?
That Mrs. Bradley call off the reporters
To have the body accompanied
That the casket remain sealed
17
What was the population of Money, MS?
550 people
55,000 people
55 people
5500 people
18
What was the author's purpose in including the popular businesses/music/tv shows in 1955?
To give the reader context for the time period
To ensure that the story is nonfiction
To highlight popular culture
19
How was Carolyn Bryant known around Money?
A happy woman
A loving mother
A nice person
A beauty queen
20
What significant act did Mose Wright do during the trial?
He participated in the trial against white men
He answered questions in front of angry whites
He directly pointed out the murderers
21
What disease was Emmett diagnosed with when he was very young? What was the leftover effect?
tuberculosis; stutter
tuberculosis; deformity
polio; deformity
polio; stutter
22
What did the Brown v. Board of Education case require?
That all schools should be desegregated
That whites and blacks should have separate schools
That Jim Crow laws be stopped
23
What is a sharecropper?
A person who rents houses
a person who separates crops
A person who rents land
A person who farms land for a small portion of profit
24
Why was life better in Chicago for blacks than it was in Mississippi?
Racial violence happened more infrequently
More churches/businesses that catered to black customers
All of the above
More well playing jobs
25
T/F: Carolyn Bryant went and told her husband about the incident in the store.
True
False
26
T/F: Both Milam and Bryant admitted to murdering Emmett later in life.
False
True
27
Why did every black witness who testified have to leave the state of Mississippi?
Threat of retaliation from Milam and Bryant
Threat of retaliation from other whites
bomb threats
28
T/F: Only whites aided Bryant and Milam in the murder of Emmett Till
True
False
29
What did Sheriff Strider attempt to do once the body was identified?
Have the body buried immediately
Have the body cremated
Have the body shipped to Chicago
Arrest the murderers
30
The southern boys were in awe of Emmett for each of the following EXCEPT:
his lack of fear of whites
the straw hat he always wore
their ability to have white girlfriends
his sense of humor
31
To what magazine did Milam and Bryant sell their story?
Reader's Digest
Look
Life
Jet
32
In what year was Emmett Till kidnapped and murdered?
1955
1945
1965
1956
33
T/F: Bryant and Milam admitted to kidnapping Emmett.
True
False
34
When Bryant and Milam came to court with their wives, children, and cigars, what did they show?
They were indifferent
They were concerned
They were sorry
They were angry
35
Who was Emmett's uncle?
Mose Wright
Medgar Evers
J.W. Milam
Roy Bryant
