Rosa Parks: My Story You're Under Arrest

What is most likely the author’s intent by mentioning “if I saw him on a bus I wouldn’t get on” in Paragraph 1?

• She thinks the driver tricked her into getting on the bus.

• She believes that the problem was not with segregation, but that particular driver.

• She is making it clear that she was not looking for a fight that day.

How mainly does the following passage add to the development of the author’s account (paragraph 12)?

“I asked if I could make a telephone call and they said, “No.” Since that was my first arrest, I didn’t know if that was more discrimination because I was black or if it was standard practice. But it seemed to me to be more discrimination.”

• The phone call was the final straw before Parks finally lost her cool on the police officers.

• The police had to later throw out the charges against Parks because they did not grant the appropriate rights.

• Parks is pointing out that the culture of unfair treatment against African Americans was so commonplace that she had come to expect it.

Which of the following selections best summarizes the passage below (paragraph 3)?

“Let me have those front seats,” because they were the front seats of the black section. Didn’t anybody move. We just sat right where we were, the four of us. Then he spoke a second time: “Y’all better make it light on yourselves and let me have those seats.”

• The driver is warning the black riders to give up their seats, or else there will be negative consequences.

• The driver is trying to convince Parks that she will be more comfortable standing up.

• The driver is giving up and allowing Parks to remain in the seat unchallenged.

What is most closely a central idea of the excerpt from Rosa Parks: My Story?

• The bus driver was looking for an excuse to test out the segregation bus laws.

• Parks did not seek to become a public figure.

• Parks regrets that she refused to give up her seat on the bus that day.

Which of these inferences is best supported the text?

• The bus driver cared most about keeping his bus route on schedule.

• All of the police Parks encountered treated her poorly because she was African American.

• Parks wants to clear up misconceptions about the famous story, and share what really happened.

True or False: The police permitted Parks to get a drink of water.

• True

• False

True or False: Three other African Americans were told to give up their seats at the same time Parks was.

• True

• False

True or False: Parks was 50-years-old at the time she was arrested.

• True

• False

Which vocab word means: Treat in a physically harmful way

• comply

• manhandle

• warrant

Which vocab word means: Do what one has been ordered to do

• warrant

• discrimination

• comply