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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Bob Moses?
(a) A politician.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A teacher.
(d) An activist.

3. What part of school did Lewis love?
(a) The library.
(b) The playground.
(c) The cafeteria.
(d) The principal's office.

4. Who sends a message to Lewis on inauguration day in 2009?
(a) Jim Lawson.
(b) James Bevel.
(c) Sen. Obama.
(d) Michelle Obama.

5. What does Lewis begin to see at protests?
(a) Partying.
(b) Swearing.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Lack of discipline.

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

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

8. Who eventually agrees that lunch counters should be desegregated?
(a) Obama.
(b) The President.
(c) The mayor of Nashville.
(d) Lewis.

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

10. Where do the Freedom Riders stay after being dropped off somewhere by Bull Connor?
(a) A couple's home.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A bar.
(d) A park.

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

12. What was the first target of the Nashville Student Movement?
(a) Pools.
(b) Lunch counters.
(c) Hair salons.
(d) Bars.

13. Why is there a protest at a Cairo swimming pool?
(a) The pool is segregated.
(b) The pool is integrated.
(c) Women are not allowed in the pool.
(d) There is no protest.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis do at Lawson's workshop?

2. Who is Jim Lawson?

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

4. Who stages a surprise march in Birmingham?

5. What does CORE do for Lewis?

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