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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does CORE do for Lewis?

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

3. What were sit-ins?

4. What country is Lewis given the opportunity to travel to?

5. What does Robert Kennedy tell SNCC to shift their focus to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Bull Connor drop off Lewis and his colleagues?

2. Who is Bull Connor?

3. Who is Robert Kennedy?

4. Who is sentenced to 60 days in jail?

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

6. Who offers to help Lewis sue the state of Alabama?

7. Who would not allow Lewis to sue the state of Alabama?

8. Whose bus gets firebombed in Book Two?

9. What was Robert Kennedy's role in the civil rights movement?

10. Who is James Farmer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss the narrative voice of John Lewis. Use specific adjectives and examples from the text to analyze the nature of this voice. Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you discuss the many sacrifices that Lewis made in support of justice and equality. What hardships did he face, specifically throughout his time fighting during the civil rights movement? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you discuss the March on Washington. What is the significance of this march? What impact did it have on the American public, and on American history? Use evidence from the text to support your thoughts.

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