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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who offers to help Lewis transfer schools?
(a) Diane Nash.
(b) James Farmer.
(c) Dr. King.
(d) Jim Lawson.

4. What does Bull Connor allow the KKK to do?
(a) Eat on buses.
(b) Start a riot.
(c) Carry guns.
(d) Harm Freedom Riders.

5. Where does Lewis plan on going after his trip to Philadelphia?
(a) Boston.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) New York.
(d) Atlanta.

6. What is CORE?
(a) Congress of Racial Energy.
(b) Congress of Republican Equality.
(c) Congress of Racial Equality.
(d) Congress of Real Equality.

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

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

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

10. What was outlawed during Lewis's freshman year of high school?
(a) Segregation in schools.
(b) Segregation at pools.
(c) Segregation in business establishments.
(d) Integration of schools.

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

12. Who agrees to serve 60 days in jail?
(a) Freedom Riders.
(b) The President.
(c) James Bevel.
(d) Dr. King.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lewis meet James Farmer?

2. Who shows up to Abernathy's church to provide protection?

3. Where do the Freedom Riders stay after being dropped off somewhere by Bull Connor?

4. Where does Lewis spend his 21st birthday?

5. What was Brown vs. Board of Education?

(see the answer keys)

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