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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. What was the mattress war?
(a) There was no mattress war.
(b) The prison guards stripped the Freedom Riders of their mattresses.
(c) The Freedom Riders hid their mattresses.
(d) The Freedom Riders burned their mattresses.

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

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

4. Who does Dr. King tell Robert Kennedy to send to Abernathy's church?
(a) Marshals.
(b) The President.
(c) Dogs.
(d) The Vice President.

5. What does Lewis do at Lawson's workshop?
(a) Train to participate in a sit-in.
(b) Led a session.
(c) Meet his wife.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lawson teach Lewis about?

2. Who sends a message to Lewis on inauguration day in 2009?

3. Who was Otis Carter?

4. Where did Lewis grow up?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Robert Kennedy want SNCC to do amid the escalating violence?

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

3. Who is Otis Carter?

4. What is CORE?

5. Who is the 44th president of the United States?

6. Who were the Freedom Riders?

7. How do Lewis and his peers prepare for the sit-ins?

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

9. What were the protesters instructed NOT to do during sit-ins?

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

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