The Scottsboro Boys

Choose two definitions as to what the word "notorious" means as it is used in paragraph 1?

• rich,and unknown

• famous,and well known

• widely,and unfavorably known

• infamous,and reputable

Where the boys employed or unemployed?

• unemployed

• employed

What happened when Clarence Norris, one of the Scottsboro Boys, called the girls liars?

• he was sad

• something good happened

• he was stuck by a bayonet

• he was sent to prison

Define the word acquitted in paragraph 13  ?

Speculate why the two women lied about getting raped ?

Evaluate how many weeks it took the Scottsboro trial to begin in paragraph 5?

• 2 weeks

• 6 weeks

• 1 week

• 7 weeks

Detect what the white men that was also on the freight train accused the Scottsboro boys of in paragraph 3 ?

Even though they had new hope for freedom now,the retrial process was slow and _____?

use paragraph 9

What was the name of the youngest Scottsboro Boys?

• Roy Wright

• Ozie Powell

• Andy Wright

• Charles Weems