Question

The very next day, her father and about fifteen other blacks sat down in the front section of a bus, where only whites were permitted. When the driver demanded they move to the back, Audrey's father politely refused, saying, "We [are] comfortable where we are sitting." As a result, Mr. Hendricks was arrested and spent six nights in jail. When he was released, he volunteered to guard the Shuttlesworths’ home. —We’ve Got a Job, Cynthia Levinson Why was Mr. Hendricks arrested? He sat in the front section of a bus. He guarded Rev. Shuttleworth’s home. He did not pay the fare. He argued with a bus driver.

Answer 1

Mr. Hendricks was arrested because he sat in the front section of the bus even though that section was and is meant for the white people sit down in.

Answer 2

A. He sat in the front section of a bus.

Step-by-step explanation:

The passage says that the group of African Americans deliberately sat at the front of the bus, where "only whites were permitted". This implies that if any person of any other color were to sit there, there would be consequences.

Here, Mr. Hendricks sat at the front, despite knowing that he wasn't allowed to, and refused to move. Because of that offence, he was arrested.

The answer is A.