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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three: Pages 124 - 185.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When where the Freedom Riders allowed to leave the church they were held in?
(a) A month later.
(b) The next morning.
(c) A week later.
(d) Two days later.

2. Who proposes Action in Montgomery?
(a) Jim Lawson.
(b) James Farmer.
(c) Diane Nash.
(d) Bull Connor.

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

4. What do Lewis's parents refuse to agree to do?
(a) Give him money to travel.
(b) Start a business.
(c) Leave Alabama.
(d) Sue the state of Alabama.

5. Who is Robert Kennedy?
(a) A teacher.
(b) An actor.
(c) A jazz musician.
(d) Former United States Attorney General.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the mattress war?

2. What part of school did Lewis love?

3. What was outlawed during Lewis's freshman year of high school?

4. How did Lewis get to school growing up?

5. What happened to the children who marched in Birmingham?

(see the answer key)

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