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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Lewis end up going to college?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Spain.
(c) Boston.
(d) Nashville.

3. Where does Lewis want to transfer to?
(a) UC Davis.
(b) Troy State.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Yale.

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

5. What bridge is at the beginning of Book One?
(a) Golden Gate Bridge.
(b) Edmund Pettus Bridge.
(c) Knockturn Bridge.
(d) Brooklyn Bridge.

6. Where does Bull Connor drop off the Freedom Riders?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A park.
(c) Klan country.
(d) A park.

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

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

9. Who are the Freedom Riders?
(a) Activists who rode through the North on buses.
(b) Airplane pilots.
(c) Horse riders.
(d) Activists who rode through the South on buses.

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

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

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

13. What does Robert Kennedy tell SNCC to shift their focus to?
(a) Reparations.
(b) Segregation.
(c) Schools.
(d) Voting rights.

14. Where does Lewis spend his 21st birthday?
(a) In Europe.
(b) In a bar.
(c) In New York.
(d) In jail.

15. Why does a bus driver refuse to drive the Freedom Riders?
(a) He is tired.
(b) He is indifferent about driving them.
(c) He does not want to risk his life for them.
(d) He is hungry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Otis Carter?

2. Where does Lewis meet James Farmer?

3. What does Lewis have to do to transfer schools?

4. Who is James Farmer?

5. What is Parchman Farm?

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