Rosa Parks Analyzing Informational Text

Why was Rosa Parks arrested?

• She used the front door on a bus.

• She tried to ride on an all-white bus.

• She refused to give up her bus seat.

• She boycotted the Montgomery buses.

The cause of the Montgomery bus boycott was Rosa Park's arrest.

What was the direct effect of the boycott?

• Americans were forced to see the injustices faced by African Americans.

• A statue of Rosa Parks was erected in Washington, D.C.

• Barack Obama became the President of the United States of America.

• Rosa Parks challenged her arrest with the help of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rosa Parks was passionate about equality and freedom.

What evidence from the passage supports this conclusion?

• Rosa Parks avoided riding the bus driven by the man who had once pushed her off the bus.

• According to one of her friends, "Nobody ever bossed Rosa around and got away with it."

• When the bus driver threatened to have Rosa Parks arrested, she did not resist arrest.

• Rosa Parks fought for voting rights and rallied against discrimination in the criminal justice system.

What is one of the main reasons why President Obama delivered this speech?

• to explain why you should never give up your bus seat

• to convey the importance of fighting injustice

• to give people a lesson in American history

• to tell people to always be kind to one another

What is this passage mostly about?

• how buses in Montgomery, Alabama became desegregated

• the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr.

• history of the civil rights movement in the U.S.

• how Rosa Parks helped change America

Read the following sentences:

"Black men and women and children re-boarded the buses of Montgomery, newly desegregated, and sat in whatever seat happen to be open. And with that victory, the entire edifice of segregation, like the ancient walls of Jericho, began to slowly come tumbling down."

As used in this sentence, what does segregation mean?

• the practice of keeping people of different races separate

• the specific type of bus used in Montgomery, Alabama

• the practice of keeping people of different sexes separate

• the belief that some people or races are superior to others

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

_________ most people remember Rosa Parks as the woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus, she stood up for equality and freedom throughout her lifetime.

• Particulary

• Although

• Therefore

• Ultimately

How did Rosa Parks become an icon for the civil rights movement?

• by being the first black woman to open public parks.

• by refusing to give up her seat on the bus, and subsequently boycotting the Montgomery buses.

• by dropping the hottest mixtape of the year.

• by being the first black woman to own a bus company.

According to President Obama, what were the long-term effects of the Montgomery bus boycott?

• the ability for an African-American person to become President.

• white people were now kind to all people of color.

• black citizens now get a discount when riding city buses.

• a country that is more fair, free, and truer to its founding creed.

Mr. McIntyre played high school basketball.

What was the highest amount of points he scored in a single game?

• 31 points

• 12 points

• 0 points

• 28 points