Consider this student response.

A 3-column table with 1 row. Column 1 is labeled Text with entry "On December 5, 1955, concerned people in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to ride city buses. They were tired of unfair treatment of African Americans. They demanded equal treatment. This bus boycott was successful. The Supreme Court got involved in 1956. The Supreme Court said segregation laws are not allowed." Column 2 is labeled Details with entry There was a bus boycott in December of 1955. The boycott took place in Montgomery, Alabama. Citizens demanded equal treatment for African Americans. The boycott was successful. The Supreme Court was involved. Segregation was banned in 1956. Column 3 is labeled Paraphrase with entry People held a bus boycott in December of 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. They demanded equal rights."

Which sentence best completes the paraphrase of the passage?

a)Thanks to the Supreme Court, the buses started rolling again in 1956 to end the bus boycott.
b)When the bus boycott ended, the Supreme Court became involved to decide if segregation laws were legal.
c)In 1956, the Supreme Court decided that segregation laws were illegal based on the Constitution.
d)The boycott was successful because the Supreme Court banned all segregation laws in 1956.

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Answer:

d)The boycott was successful because the Supreme Court banned all segregation laws in 1956.

Explanation:

The above option is the sentence that best completes the paraphrase of the passage.

From the passage, we discover that the bus boycott started in 1955. So, it means that the bus boycott continued till Supreme Court came in 1956. The coming of the Supreme Court brought a lasting solution.

Therefore, the boycott was successful because the Supreme Court banned all segregation laws in 1956.