A) Peaceful protests were the hallmark of the civil rights movement.
B) A teenager from Virginia led a strike that was criticized in some local newspapers.
C) Many schools were segregated in the 1950's.
D) Teenager Barbara Johns led a strike in protest of the awful conditions at her segregated school.

A) confusing
B) moving
C) active
D) disturbing

A) the strike would definitely fail
B) Barbara's classmates were happy to miss school.
C) some people did not support the strike
D) the journalist interviewed Principal Jones

A) introduce readers to a little known hero of the civil rights movement
B) explain why Barbara Johns is not as famous as Rosa Parks
C) convince readers that Jim Crow laws were unfair
D) describe the inferior conditions of black schools in the 1950's

A) "What Barbara was about to say would change their lives forever"
B) "Yet Barbara was not afraid."
C) "But in the 1950's, challenging whites was dangerous."
D) "A racist policy called segregation had created deep inequality"

A) "After the lawsuit was filed. Barbara received a death threat."
B) "Today, Barbara's story is not widely told."
C) "Underneath her reserved demeanor was enormous courage- and growing outrage."
D) "A gasp rippled across the room as hundreds of students looked up at her..."

A) courageous
B) reflective
C) outraged
D) admiring

A) to highlight how alone Barbara felt on that stage
B) to show that they were Barbara's exact words
C) to emphasize the main points of Barbara's speech
D) to suggest that Barbara shouted her speech