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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. What does Lewis know about what happened to Michael Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney?
(a) They were killed.
(b) They were sent to another jail.
(c) They were hidden.
(d) They were taken away.

2. What year was the Civil Rights Act signed into law?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1970.

3. Who looks in the woods for the bodies of Michael Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney?
(a) James Farmer.
(b) Jim Lawson.
(c) No one.
(d) Lewis and his peers.

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

5. How do the Freedom Riders prepare for their journey?
(a) They did not prepare for their journey.
(b) They learned local and state laws.
(c) They sang.
(d) They danced.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Barry Goldwater?

2. What does CORE do for Lewis?

3. What was the mattress war?

4. What became Lewis's home when he was in college?

5. Who was losing patience with the Freedom Riders?

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