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This is a review for a test over the book Freedom Walkers, by Russel Freedman
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1
Who was James Earl Ray?
The man who shot and killed Martin Luther King Jr.
The officer who arrested Martin Luther King Jr for speeding.
The defense lawyer for Rosa Parks.
The city clerk that gave Rosa Parks her voting card.
2
How did the White Citizens Council try to stop the car pools?
Popped the tires of black owned cars
Urged insurance companies to cancel black drivers' policies
Urged gas stations not to sell gas to black drivers
Made fun of carpool drivers
3
How did Fred Gray advance the bus segregation case after Rosa Park’s appeal was thrown out?
He didn't. He gave the case to Clifford Durr.
He filed a case for Parks in a different city.
He filed a new suit on behalf of 5 other women.
He complained to the judge until he changed his mind.
4
What did NOT happened to MLK Jr. as a result of being the leader of the bus boycotts?
He received threatening letters and phone calls.
Someone attempted to poison him at a church breakfast.
Postcards from the KKK warned him to get out of town.
A homemade bomb was thrown through a window of his house
5
Where did Clifford and Virginia Durr send Rosa Parks in the summer of 1955?
To a barber shop, where she met Raymond
To Baton Rouge, where she joined a boycott there
To a school where she learned about integration
To Boston to visit family
6
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
Allowed women the right to vote.
Required all citizens to pay equal poll taxes.
Outlawed poll taxes, literacy tests as requirements to vote.
Created a class to teach citizens how to pass tests to vote.
7
Why did the NAACP decide not to use Claudette Colvin or Mary Louise Smith as their “test case”
Colvin was married to a white man and Smith was too young
Colvin was immature and Smith pled guilty
Smith was too controversial and Colvin refused
Smith was ill and Colvin pled guilty
8
Why was Claudette Colvin WRONGLY arrested on a bus?
She didn't have to move. There were no other open seats.
She was mistaken for the woman next to her.
She got out of her seat, but the driver lied.
She was asked to get up for no reason, and that was illegal.
9
What was one way that black citizens got ready to start riding buses again?
Nothing. They never rode the buses again .
They did not prepare. They just got on the buses.
They asked white friends to sit next to them on the buses.
They rehearsed being harrased and practicing nonviolence
10
Whose death was weighing on her mind when Rosa Parks was deciding whether to fight hercharges?
Martin Luther King's
Robert Graetz's
E.D. Nixon's
Emmett Till's
11
What two things did the bus company agree to when the WPC first met with them?
More black drivers & more seating for black riders
More black drivers and more polite drivers
A few all black bus routes
More polite drivers & more bus stops in black neighborhoods
12
What happened in the weeks and months after the buses were desegregated?
Some people stole E.D. Nixon’s car
A shotgun blasted into Martin Luther King’s home
White people lined up to thank MLK
Rosa Parks’ house was burned to the ground
13
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
Changed rules for lunch counters in the South
Outlawed segregated drinking fountains in Alabama.
Outlawed racial discrimination in all public facilities
Restricted police from using violence to control crowds.
14
What did the mayor of Montgomery ask of the white citizens of the town?
To stop driving their African American maids to work.
To donate money to the bus company.
To try to talk the boycotters into riding the buses.
To take bus transportation everywhere.
15
Who was Martin Luther King’s biggest inspiration when he decided on his non-violent strategy?
Malcom X
Rosa Parks
Emmett Till
Mahatma Gandhi
16
How did Fred Gray advance the bus segregation case after Rosa Park’s appeal was thrown out?
He filed a case for Parks in a different city.
He filed a new suit on behalf of 5 other women.
He complained to the judge until he changed his mind.
He didn't. He gave the case to Clifford Durr.
17
Who helped Claudette Colvin get a lawyer to represent her in court?
Mary Louise Smith and Jim Crow
Rosa Parks and the mayor of Montgomery
Raymond Parks and Martin Luther King
E.D. Nixon and Clifford Durr
18
Who was Robert Graetz?
The white pastor of an African American church
The African American principal of school
The African American owner of the bus company
The white mayor of Montgomery
19
When segregation in ___________ was ruled unconstitutional, many thought segregation would end.
churches
schools
trains
hospitals
20
What did Rosa Parks say when the police officer told her she must move or he would arrest her?
"Fine. Go ahead and arrest me."
“I will not go to jail.”
“You may do that.”
“Please don’t arrest me.”
21
Who accidentally sat in the wrong row & was almost hit by a driver because she didn't hear him?
JoAnne Robinson
Coretta Scott King
Claudette Colvin
Rosa Parks
22
What happened to white librarian Juliette Morgan after writing a letter supporting the boycott?
She was granted a meeting with the mayor
She lost her job.
She elected president, White Citizens Against Segregation
Her front window was shattered and her car ruined with acid.
23
How many seats were always reserved for whites on the buses in Montgomery?
32 seats (first 16 rows)
4 seats (first 2 rows)
26 seats (first 13 rows)
10 seats (first 5 rows)
24
Why couldn’t most boycotters just ride in taxis instead of taking the buses?
They didn’t have taxis in Montgomery at this time.
Taxi’s were forced to keep their expensive $.45 fare
It was illegal for black people to ride in taxis.
There were no taxi drivers willing to give boycotters rides.
25
Why did JoAnne Robinson think that the bus company might change if she threatened a boycott?
The bus company's owner was a reasonable man
The bus company was owned by an African American
The majority of riders were black, so they'd lose a lot of $
The bus company didn’t want bad publicity.
