Comprehension
Vocabulary
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Facts about Rosa Parks
100
What was Rosa's career?
a. A cook for a white owned restaurant.
b. A driver for the local bus company.
c. A Seamstress for the community.
c. A Seamstress for the community.
100
What does the word neutral mean?
a. belonging to neither side
b. watching a conflict take place
c. choosing a side in a conflict
a. belonging to neither side
100
What was something in the story "Rosa Parks" that she did not say she was tired of?
a. sewing white people's clothes
b. Eating at separate areas.
c. Stepping off sidewalk to let white people have the entire sidewalk to themselves.
a. sewing white people's clothes
100
Which means almost the same as sought?
a. trying to find something
b. hearing a story
c. waiting for something
a. trying to find something
100
How many African American's graduated at the time Rosa Parks did?
a. 100%
b. more than 30%
c. Less than 7%
Rosa Parks graduated high school in 1933. At this time, less than 7% of African-Americans had a high school diploma.
c. Less than 7%
200
While waiting for the police to arrest her, Rosa was tired of
a. walking to work
b. putting white people first
c. making dinner for her husband
b. putting white people first
200
Which word means "give a claim or right to? "
a. entitled
b. reserved
c. sought
a. entitled
200
Why did the committee making posters have to gather at the University without being caught?
a. They would get arrested for trespassing.
b. They were skipping class
c. Their families would be upset with what they were doing.
a. They would get arrested for trespassing.
200
What does outspoken mean?
a. honest or open
b. clear and specific
c. weird and strange
a. honest or open
200
What did Rosa's parent's do for a living?
a. Police Officer and Housewife
b. Carpenter and Teacher
c. Farmer and Seamstress
Rosa Parks’ mother was a teacher and her father was a carpenter.
b. Carpenter and Teacher
300
What did the women of the Women's Political Council encourage people to do?
a. ride the buses
b. stay off the buses
c. stay home from work
b. stay off the buses
300
What does unequal mean?
a. not the same
b. about the same
c. exactly the same
a. not the same
300
Why would the University be mad at the committee making the posters?
a. They didn't ask permission from the president.
b. They were using the school's supplies.
c. They made a huge mess and didn't pick up after themselves.
b. They were using the school's supplies.
300
What does anticipation mean?
a. feeling of excitement
b. feeling of disbelief
c. feeling of worry
a. feeling of excitement
300
What year did Rosa publish her autobiography?
a. 1992
b. 1972
c. 1952
In 1992, she published her autobiography entitled Rosa Parks: My Story.
a. 1992
400
Who did everyone agree should speak for them against the injustice of inequality?
a. Rosa's husband
b. Reverent Martin Luther King, Jr.
c. Dr. Jo Ann Robinson
b. Reverent Martin Luther King, Jr.
400
What word means the opposite of defy?
a. cherish
b. motivate
c. obey
c. obey
400
How long did the bus boycott of Montgomery last?
a. 365 days
b. 371 days
c. 381 days
c. 381 days
400
What word fits best in this sentence? Context Clues-Sammy is quite ______ and says what is on her mind.
a. sought
b. reserved
c. outspoken
c. outspoken
400
Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. What other celebrity was born here?
1. Lionel Richie from American Idol
2. Barbara Streisand-Singer.
3. Ariana Grande-Singer
She was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama.
1. Lionel Richie from American Idol
500
Why did people from around the U.S.A send shoes, coats, and money to Montgomery?
a. The weather was super cold.
b. They wanted to support the people who stayed off the buses.
c. They wanted to support the bus drivers who got cold during winter.
b. They wanted to support the people who stayed off the buses.
500
What does reserved mean?
a. the need for assistance or help
b. a place for plants and wildlife
c. set apart for a person or purpose
c. set apart for a person or purpose
500
How were African American's suppose to board the buses?
a. Pay at the back door then ride in the back of the bus.
b. Pay at the front door then get on the bus from the back door.
c. Pre-pay their rides so the bus driver did not have to talk to them.
b. Pay at the front door then get on the bus from the back door.
500
Carlie's snowmobile license _______ her to driving a snowmobile by herself.
a. neutral
b. entitled
c. anticipation
b. entitled
500
True or False
Rosa Parks was the first person to get arrested for not giving up her seat to a white person.
False-A 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat when told to make room for a white woman.