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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the Big Six?
(a) A group of students.
(b) A group of youth pastors.
(c) A group of Presidents.
(d) A group of civil rights activists.

2. Which President proposed a Civil Rights Bill in '63?
(a) President Clinton.
(b) President Johnson.
(c) President Bush.
(d) President Kennedy.

3. What does the city of Selma end up banning after a slew of protests?
(a) Integration.
(b) Gathering in groups larger than 3.
(c) Gathering in public spaces.
(d) Segregation.

4. Who is supposed to lead the first Selma to Montgomery march?
(a) Dr. King.
(b) Hamer.
(c) Bevel.
(d) Hamer.

5. When is the Voting Rights Act signed into law?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1968.

6. Who was Jimmie Lee Jackson?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A protester.
(c) A firefighter.
(d) A teacher.

7. Who celebrates the church bombing?
(a) White teens.
(b) Black teens.
(c) Bull Connor.
(d) White adults.

8. Who leads the Selma to Montgomery march?
(a) Jim Lawson.
(b) Lewis.
(c) Dr. King.
(d) Fannie Lou Hamer.

9. In Book II, who did not want the protests to continue?
(a) President Kennedy.
(b) Bull Connor.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Dr. King.

10. Who moves quickly on his promise to support a civil rights bill?
(a) President Bush.
(b) President Johnson.
(c) President Clinton.
(d) President Obama.

11. What year was the Civil Rights Act signed into law?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1967.

12. What happened to the children who marched in Birmingham?
(a) They were protected.
(b) They were attacked.
(c) Nothing happened to them.
(d) They were chased to jail.

13. Who is Medgar Evers?
(a) An actor.
(b) A chef.
(c) A civil rights activist.
(d) A lawyer.

14. Who finds the bodies of Michael Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney?
(a) The police.
(b) Firemen.
(c) The National Guard.
(d) The FBI.

15. Why is Lewis invited to the White House in '63?
(a) He is not invited to the White House in '63.
(b) To have a debate.
(c) To meet with the President and other leaders.
(d) To have a party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who personally thanks Lewis for educating him?

2. How does Medgar Evers die?

3. Who stops Michael Shwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney on their way to training?

4. Who is assassinated on Lewis's birthday?

5. Who is James Reeb?

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