View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who receives a telegram from the American Friends Service Committee?
(a) Jim Lawson.
(b) James Bevel.
(c) Dr. King.
(d) Lewis.

2. Who is Bull Connor?
(a) A butler.
(b) A preacher.
(c) A police chief.
(d) A teacher.

3. Where did Lewis grow up?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Maine.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Who was Emmett Till?
(a) A Black teenaged boy who was murdered by white men.
(b) A teacher from Canada.
(c) A preacher from Atlanta.
(d) A choir boy.

12. Where would Lewis sneak away to as a child?
(a) Bars.
(b) School.
(c) Parks.
(d) Zoos.

13. What does CORE do for Lewis?
(a) Gives him a place to live.
(b) Denies him entry into the group.
(c) Accepts him into the group.
(d) Gives him a high paying job.

14. Who holds the Freedom Riders inside Abernathy's church?
(a) The Vice President.
(b) Harry Belafonte.
(c) Alabama National Guard.
(d) The President.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lewis go to Philadelphia?

2. Where do the Freedom Riders eat out before their first trip?

3. After how long are the Freedom Riders let go from jail?

4. What is SNCC?

5. Who are the Freedom Riders?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 359 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample