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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. What did SNCC target after lunch counters?
(a) Restaurants.
(b) Salons.
(c) Bars.
(d) Schools.

2. Who were the Big Six?
(a) A group of civil rights activists.
(b) A group of youth pastors.
(c) A group of Presidents.
(d) A group of students.

3. Who shows up to Abernathy's church to provide protection?
(a) Alabama National Guard.
(b) The Vice President.
(c) The President.
(d) Harry Belafonte.

4. Why is Lewis invited to the White House in '63?
(a) To have a debate.
(b) To meet with the President and other leaders.
(c) He is not invited to the White House in '63.
(d) To have a party.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Lewis's colleagues upset about his March on Washington speech?

2. Who is Malcolm X?

3. Who talks a bus driver into driving the Freedom Riders?

4. Who receives a telegram from the American Friends Service Committee?

5. Where does Lewis end up going to college?

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