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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two: Pages 135 - 179.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives a famous speech at the March on Washington?
(a) Fannie Lou Hamer.
(b) Dr. King.
(c) Diane Nash.
(d) James Bevel.

2. Who writes “Letter from Birmingham Jail”?
(a) Jim Lawson.
(b) James Bevel.
(c) Dr. King.
(d) Lewis.

3. Who holds the Freedom Riders inside Abernathy's church?
(a) The President.
(b) Harry Belafonte.
(c) Alabama National Guard.
(d) The Vice President.

4. 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.

5. In Book II, who did not want the protests to continue?
(a) Dr. King.
(b) President Kennedy.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Bull Connor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who eventually agrees that lunch counters should be desegregated?

2. How did white people react to the Freedom Riders?

3. Why is Lewis invited to the White House in '63?

4. Who is Robert Kennedy?

5. What does Lawson teach Lewis about?

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