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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at the first Selma to Montgomery march?
(a) Nothing happens.
(b) The troops attack.
(c) Everyone hugs.
(d) The troops refrain from attacking.

2. What does SNCC not want Lewis to participate in on their behalf?
(a) The Birmingham march.
(b) The Selma to Montgomery march.
(c) The March on Washington.
(d) The march in Boston.

3. Who is James Reeb?
(a) As a Black problem.
(b) As a Southern problem.
(c) As a white problem.
(d) As an American problem.

4. What did Lewis think of his travels abroad with SNCC?
(a) He loved it.
(b) He thought it was alright.
(c) He hated it.
(d) He was indifferent.

5. Who won re-election in a landslide in '64?
(a) Obama.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) Bush.
(d) Johnson.

6. What were Michael Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney doing before they got stopped?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Investigating a church.
(c) Preaching.
(d) Eating.

7. Where does Lewis travel abroad to with SNCC?
(a) Asia.
(b) Europe.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Africa.

8. What did the proposed Civil Rights Bill leave out?
(a) Segregation.
(b) Police brutality.
(c) Integration.
(d) Voting rights.

9. What does Fannie Lou Hamer endure over the years?
(a) Violence and brutality from whites.
(b) Financial struggles.
(c) Martital struggles.
(d) Love and caring from whites.

10. Under what conditions does Lewis march from Selma to Montgomery?
(a) He would not return to SNCC.
(b) He would run for president.
(c) There were no conditions.
(d) He would not represent SNCC.

11. Who is Bayard Rustin?
(a) A police chief.
(b) An activist.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) Mayor of Nashville.

12. What does Lewis tell Andrew at the end of Book Three?
(a) They do not have to tell the story.
(b) They should not tell the story.
(c) They have to tell the story.
(d) They should think about telling the story.

13. What did the Civil Rights Act fail to address?
(a) Integration.
(b) Voting rights.
(c) Interracial marriage.
(d) Segregation.

14. Who was a major organizer for the March on Washington?
(a) Diane Nash.
(b) Dr. King.
(c) Bayard Rustin.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

15. What bridge does the first Selma march stop at?
(a) Brooklyn Bridge.
(b) Golden Gate Bridge.
(c) Edmund Pettus Bridge.
(d) Parks Bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were Michael Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney?

2. When is the last time Lewis sees Malcolm X alive?

3. Who moves quickly on his promise to support a civil rights bill?

4. Why does Lewis go to the hospital?

5. Who gives a moving testimonial at the '64 Democratic National Convention?

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