Ruby Bridges Comprehension Questions

In the 1960s, black and white people couldn’t ride together on the bus, drink from the same fountains or go to the same schools. What was this separation called?

• compassion
• integration
• segregation
• determination

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the article mostly about?

• How the U.S. Supreme Court works
• William Frantz Public School in New Orleans, Louisiana
• One of the first African American students to attend an all-white school.
• What schools were like in the U.S. in 1960

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

What is the meaning of the word "attend" in the article?

• work
• go to
• walk toward
•  allow

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Who first decided that school segretation was illegal?

• Ruby Bridges
• the U.S. Supreme Court
• The President of the United States
• the principal of William Frantz Public School

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Based on the title and images, what do you think the article is mostly about?

• a President
• an important event in history

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

True or False: When Ruby got to second grade, her class had both white and black students.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What did Ruby change for all children

• School
• Home
• The store

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4