Voting Rights and Resilience in the Face of Adversity

The speaker recounts their experience with voting registration, highlighting the challenges faced due to racial discrimination. Despite being asked absurd questions and facing hostility, they persisted with the encouragement of Reverend Simmons. Eventually, they succeeded in registering to vote, reflecting on the unnecessary difficulty of the process.

What activity were the white men engaged in while ignoring the narrator's attempt to register to vote?

• Talking on the phone

• Reading newspapers

• Playing dominoes

• Playing cards

What type of questions did Mr. Cox ask to prevent the narrator from registering to vote?

• Questions about history

• Questions about the weather

• Questions about the Constitution

• Questions about jelly beans

What was the narrator's initial reaction after being humiliated during the registration process?

• They decided to try again immediately

• They decided not to return

• They laughed it off

• They reported it to the authorities

Who encouraged the narrator to keep trying to register to vote despite the challenges?

• A government official

• A friend

• Reverend J.J. Simmons

• A family member

What did Mr. Cox ask the narrator to recite on the day they finally registered to vote?

• The Preamble to the Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The Gettysburg Address

How did the narrator feel about the difficulty of the voter registration process?

• They felt it was too easy

• They felt it was justified

• They felt indifferent

• They felt it shouldn't have been so hard

What was the outcome for the narrator after finally registering to vote?

• They were unable to vote

• They voted in the next election

• They moved to another state

• They decided not to vote