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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Lewis invited to Philadelphia?
(a) He is not invited to Philadelphia.
(b) For a concert.
(c) For a party.
(d) For an interview.

2. What does CORE do for Lewis?
(a) Gives him a place to live.
(b) Gives him a high paying job.
(c) Accepts him into the group.
(d) Denies him entry into the group.

3. What animal did Lewis care for as a child?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Mice.
(d) Cats.

4. What does Bull Connor allow the KKK to do?
(a) Harm Freedom Riders.
(b) Start a riot.
(c) Carry guns.
(d) Eat on buses.

5. Who was Emmett Till?
(a) A choir boy.
(b) A preacher from Atlanta.
(c) A teacher from Canada.
(d) A Black teenaged boy who was murdered by white men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls off the Freedom Rides?

2. Who are the Freedom Riders?

3. Why are the Freedom Riders sent to Parchman?

4. What was the first target of the Nashville Student Movement?

5. What was the mattress war?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Robert Kennedy lose his patience with SNCC?

2. Who does the subject of the biography preach to?

3. Who is James Farmer?

4. What does the subject of the biography think about school when he is growing up?

5. Where does John Lewis grow up?

6. Whose bus gets firebombed in Book Two?

7. Who is sentenced to 60 days in jail?

8. What is the purpose of the sit-ins?

9. What does Robert Kennedy want SNCC to do amid the escalating violence?

10. Who is Otis Carter?

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