Question 5 • * SY2025-26 - 1001040 M/J Language Arts 2 Sem 1 CR
Read the excerpt from Freedom Walkers by Russell Freedman.She found a seat in the middle section of the bus, behind the whites-only section. Three other black passengers boarded and sat next to Parks in the same row. Soon, all thirty-six seats on the bus were filled, with twenty-two black passengers seated from the rear and fourteen white riders from the front.Another white passenger boarded and stood in the aisle. The driver, James P. Blake, turned in his seat to look behind him. He called to the first row of black passengers to stand up and move to the back. "Let me have those front seats,” Blake ordered. All four passengers in the row would have to move so that the white man would not have to sit next to a black.
Answer
A
The excerpt suggests that the bus driver could tell people what to do on a bus.
B
The excerpt explains that Black riders had to give up their seats to White riders.
C
The excerpt points out that the Black section was behind the White section.
D
The excerpt states that there were more rows for Black riders than for White riders.
Explanation
The driver orders the four Black passengers in the first row of their section to stand and move so the newly boarded White passenger will not have to sit next to a Black passenger. This shows that Black riders had to give up their seats to White riders. Choice C describes where the sections were, but it does not capture the main point of the excerpt.
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