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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is George Wallace?
(a) Former Vice President.
(b) Former President.
(c) Former Governor of Alabama.
(d) Former Supreme Court Justice.

4. Who is Robert Kennedy?
(a) An actor.
(b) Former United States Attorney General.
(c) A jazz musician.
(d) A teacher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Bull Connor?

2. Why are the Freedom Riders sent to Parchman?

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

4. Where does Lewis end up going to college?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What establishment other than restuarants did civil rights activists begin targeting in the 60s?

2. What does the subject of the biography think about school when he is growing up?

3. What is the purpose of the sit-ins?

4. Why was Lewis so adamant about marching?

5. Why is there a protest at a Cairo swimming pool?

6. Where does John Lewis grow up?

7. Who is the main individual followed in the trilogy?

8. What was Robert Kennedy's role in the civil rights movement?

9. Who is Bull Connor?

10. Why does Robert Kennedy lose his patience with SNCC?

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