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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. Why does Lewis go to Philadelphia?
(a) For a wedding.
(b) For an interview.
(c) For a party.
(d) He does not go to Philadelphia.

2. Who was a major organizer for the March on Washington?
(a) Bayard Rustin.
(b) Dr. King.
(c) Diane Nash.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

3. Who is Malcolm X?
(a) A politician.
(b) A human rights activist.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A police officer.

4. What was the mattress war?
(a) The prison guards stripped the Freedom Riders of their mattresses.
(b) The Freedom Riders hid their mattresses.
(c) The Freedom Riders burned their mattresses.
(d) There was no mattress war.

5. Why does a bus driver refuse to drive the Freedom Riders?
(a) He is hungry.
(b) He is tired.
(c) He does not want to risk his life for them.
(d) He is indifferent about driving them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes “Letter from Birmingham Jail”?

2. What does Floyd Mann do for the Freedom Riders?

3. Which President proposed a Civil Rights Bill in '63?

4. Who is elected chairman of SNCC in '63?

5. What does Robert Kennedy want the Freedom Riders to do?

(see the answer key)

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