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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three: Pages 62 - 123.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stops Michael Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney on their way to training?
(a) Firemen.
(b) Nuns.
(c) No one stops them.
(d) The police.

2. Why are the Freedom Riders sent to Parchman?
(a) For a field trip.
(b) They are not enough of them.
(c) They are too many of them.
(d) They are not sent to Parchman.

3. What were Michael Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney doing before they got stopped?
(a) Eating.
(b) Preaching.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Investigating a church.

4. Who receives a telegram from the American Friends Service Committee?
(a) Jim Lawson.
(b) James Bevel.
(c) Dr. King.
(d) Lewis.

5. Who was losing patience with the Freedom Riders?
(a) Lewis.
(b) James Bevel.
(c) Dr. King.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does President Johnson randomly call for a press conference on the night of the Democratic National Convention?

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

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

4. Who stages a surprise march in Birmingham?

5. Who is devasted by Lewis's first arrest?

(see the answer key)

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