Question

1. What is a walkout?
a. when people show up to support an
event
b. when people use nonviolence to
support an event
c. when people use violence to protest
something
d. when people leave a place or event in
protest of something
2. What issue inspired students to organize a
walkout in 2018?
a. specific nutritional needs of teens
b. problems associated with guns
c. environmental issues
d. none of these
3. What conditions at her school angered Barbara
Johns?
a. The school lunches tasted terrible.
b. The teachers gave too much homework.
c. The schools were segregated by race
and unequal.
d. The teachers at her school did not treat
all students fairly.
4. What did Barbara do in response to the
school’s conditions?
a. transfer to another school
b. organize a walkout
c. both of these
d. neither of these
5. Which statement describes the Supreme Court
ruling on Brown v. Board of Education?
a. School segregation is constitutional.
b. Discrimination is constitutional.
c. People of color have the right to attend
school.
d. School segregation is unconstitutional.
Comprehension Quiz
Choose the best answer.
6. The article discusses which group of people
that were treated poorly in Los Angeles
schools?
a. Mexican-Americans
b. Japanese-Americans
c. Russian-Americans
d. Chinese-Americans
7. What was the protest of these students
called?
a. The Civil Rights Movement
b. The Chicano Civil Rights Movement
c. The Los Angeles Civil Rights
Movement
d. MFRMA
8. What has the Supreme Court said about
students’ rights to express their political
opinions in school?
a. Students may express their political
rights as long as learning or safety is
not disrupted.
b. Students may not express their
political opinions in school.
c. The Fourth Amendment protects
students’ rights to express their
political opinions in school.
d. Students have the right to express
their political opinions in school in
any way they see fit.

Answer 1

1. d — when people leave a place or event in protest of something
2. b — problems associated with guns
3. c — the schools were segregated by race and unequal
4. b — organize a walkout
5. d — school segregation is unconstitutional
6. a — Mexican-Americans
7. b — the Chicano Civil Rights Movement
8. a — students may express their political rights as long as learning or safety is not disrupted