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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did white people react to the Freedom Riders?
(a) They do not react at all.
(b) Violently.
(c) Peacefully.
(d) Indifferently.

2. Why is Lewis invited to Philadelphia?
(a) He is not invited to Philadelphia.
(b) For a concert.
(c) For an interview.
(d) For a party.

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

4. Who wants to continue the Freedom Rides?
(a) Jim Lawson.
(b) Dr. King.
(c) Lewis and his peers.
(d) James Farmer.

5. Who is George Wallace?
(a) Former Vice President.
(b) Former President.
(c) Former Governor of Alabama.
(d) Former Supreme Court Justice.

6. Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
(a) A preacher from Atlanta.
(b) A teacher from Canada.
(c) A businessman.
(d) A professor from Maine.

7. Who did Lewis preach to as a child?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Mice.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cats.

8. Who sets out to train Birmingham's children for marches?
(a) Jim Lawson.
(b) Lewis.
(c) James Bevel.
(d) Dr. King.

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

10. What does Floyd Mann do for the Freedom Riders?
(a) Almost kills them.
(b) Gives them shelter.
(c) Gives them food.
(d) Saves their lives.

11. Who was Otis Carter?
(a) Lewis's uncle.
(b) Lewis's brother.
(c) Lewis's son.
(d) Lewis's father.

12. Where does Lewis meet James Farmer?
(a) At a diner.
(b) At a bar.
(c) At a CORE meeting.
(d) At a SNCC meeting.

13. Who is devasted by Lewis's first arrest?
(a) Lewis's brother.
(b) Lewis's parents.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Obama.

14. What is Parchman Farm?
(a) A resort.
(b) A farm.
(c) A school.
(d) A prison.

15. What was Brown vs. Board of Education?
(a) Court ruling that outlawed interracial marriages.
(b) Court ruling that outlawed chicken.
(c) Court ruling that outlawed segregation.
(d) Court ruling that outlawed segregation in schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country is Lewis given the opportunity to travel to?

2. Where does Lewis spend his 21st birthday?

3. Which state in the North did Lewis travel to as a child?

4. What is the hardest thing Lewis learns from Lawson?

5. Who leads the first march in Birmingham?

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