Rosa Parks: My Story MCQ Quiz!
- 1.Why did Raymond Parks not attend school?
- A.
He was black and the closest school was for whites.
- B.
He was white and the closest school was for blacks.
- C.
He was timid and was fearful to go to school.
- D.
He stayed home because his mother wanted him homeschooled.
- 2.What was unusual about the situation at Army Air Force bases after President Roosevelt's order?
- A.
The base was segregated because the President had forbidden integration.
- B.
The base was segregated except for private areas.
- C.
The base was segregated only on trolleys or buses.
- D.
The base was integrated because the President had forbidden segregation.
- 3.Why couldn't black men hold a meeting without fear of bodily injury or death?
- A.
The men were afraid that other black men would find them.
- B.
The men were meeting in shotgun houses.
- C.
The men were activists and trying to change society.
- D.
The men were meeting with the police.
- 4.What phrase best describes Raymond Parks?
- A.
A segregationist
- B.
A carpenter
- C.
A poor orphaned child
- D.
A civil rights activist
- 5.How did some people make it difficult for black people to register to vote?
- A.
Blacks had to have cohorts to vote
- B.
Blacks had to have a privileged position
- C.
Blacks had to have white people to vouch for them
- D.
All of the above
- 6.What was a poll tax?
- A.
A tax that was on telephone polls
- B.
A tax that only black people had to pay
- C.
A tax that only white people had to pay
- D.
A tax that every registered voter had to pay
- 7.What special rule did black people have to follow when riding a bus?
- A.
Blacks were required to sit in the back of the bus
- B.
Blacks were required to sit in the front of the bus
- C.
Blacks were required to fill in the empty seats in the front
- D.
Blacks were required to always sit on top of the bus
- 8.Why didn't the other black people support Rosa when the driver made her get off the bus?
- A.
They wanted to get home and were tired of sitting down
- B.
They wanted to get home and were tired of standing up
- C.
They wanted to get to work
- D.
They thought she was right about sitting down
- 9.Why was the NAACP organization formed?
- A.
To protest against unequal education
- B.
To protest against brutality, and lynching
- C.
To protest against racial discrimination
- D.
All of the above
- 10.How does the photo in Chapter 6 of the Montgomery NAACP support the main idea of the text?
- A.
It shows how crowded the meetings were
- B.
It shows how many black people were in it
- C.
It shows how the organization came together
- D.
It shows how long ago all this happened
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