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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three: Pages 1 - 61 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the mattress war?
(a) The Freedom Riders hid their mattresses.
(b) The Freedom Riders burned their mattresses.
(c) There was no mattress war.
(d) The prison guards stripped the Freedom Riders of their mattresses.

2. Which state in the North did Lewis travel to as a child?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Maine.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Connecticut.

3. Who wants to continue the Freedom Rides?
(a) Jim Lawson.
(b) James Farmer.
(c) Lewis and his peers.
(d) Dr. King.

4. Why do the Freedom Riders stay at a bus station all night?
(a) They do not have a bus driver.
(b) They are being arrested.
(c) They are tired.
(d) They miss their bus.

5. Who rejects Action in Montgomery?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Dr. King.
(c) James Bevel.
(d) Jim Lawson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Lewis preach to as a child?

2. Who is James Farmer?

3. When where the Freedom Riders allowed to leave the church they were held in?

4. What was outlawed during Lewis's freshman year of high school?

5. Who gives a famous speech at the March on Washington?

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