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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 were sit-ins?
(a) Parties.
(b) Riots.
(c) Demonstrations.
(d) Info-sessions.

2. Who leads the first march in Birmingham?
(a) James Bevel.
(b) Dr. King.
(c) Jim Lawson.
(d) Lewis.

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

4. Where does Lewis meet Jim Lawson?
(a) At a park.
(b) At a workshop.
(c) At school.
(d) At a diner.

5. What does Farmer tell Freedom Riders on the night before their first trip?
(a) He understands if they want to back out.
(b) They cannot back out now.
(c) They should take extra toothbrushes.
(d) Farmer tells them nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What program does Lewis withdraw from while serving?

2. Where did Lewis grow up?

3. What was outlawed during Lewis's freshman year of high school?

4. What animal did Lewis care for as a child?

5. What is the Nashville Student Movement?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who were the Freedom Riders?

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

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

5. Who writes "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?

6. Where does Bull Connor drop off Lewis and his colleagues?

7. Who is Robert Kennedy?

8. Why was Lewis so adamant about marching?

9. What is the mattress war?

10. Whose bus gets firebombed in Book Two?

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