AMLW Chapter 1/2

Who is the narrator of A Mighty Long Way?

• Daisy Bates

• Rosa Parks

• Carlotta Walls

• Juanita Walls

Where does the main character in A Mighty Long Way live?

• New York City, New York

• Little Rock, Arkansas

• Montgomery, Alabama

• Fayetteville, Arkansas

Based on the context clues in the sentence, what does the word kowtowed mean?

• confident

• inexpressive

• subservient

What kind of tone does Carlotta have in chapter 2?

• humorous

• indifferent

• serious

What sport did Carlotta's family enjoy?

• Basketball

• Baseball

• Football

Where did the main character take a 3-month summer trip to that changed her views on racism?

• New York City

• Los Angeles

• Raleigh

• Boston

What lesson did the main character learn on her summer vacation?

• Black and white children could never live together in peace.

• There were no places in the country affected by racial segregation.

• There could be friendships between black and white children.

• High school was going to be the easiest time of her life.

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

This famous Supreme Court case ended school segregation and ordered schools to integrate.

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Marbury vs. Madison

• Bush v. Gore

This superintendent of the Little Rock Central School District designed the integration plan to desegregate schools.

• Carlotta Walls

• Virgil Blossom

• Ernest Green

• Gloria Ray

He was the 14-year-old African American lynched in Mississippi for whistling at a white woman in a grocery store. His death started the civil rights movement.

• Emmett Till

• Papa Walls

• Terrence Roberts

• Ernest Green